Molecule
Antibody
A Y-shaped protein made by B cells that binds a specific target. Rearranging gene segments creates enormous antibody diversity.
Monoclonal antibodies
Identical antibodies made by cultures descended from a single fused cell, used in research, diagnostics and medicine.Source: Köhler & Milstein, 1975
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Cancer immunotherapy
Treatments that help the immune system attack cancer, such as checkpoint blockade and engineered CAR T cells.
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Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity (opens the original in a new tab)
Köhler G, Milstein C (1975). Nature 256:495-497.
The hybridoma method for monoclonal antibodies.
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