Question
Download Solution PDFThe hybridoma technique was developed by whom?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 2.
Key Points
- The hybridoma technique was developed by George Köhler and César Milstein in 1975. Hence, option 2 is correct.
- It is used to produce monoclonal antibodies by fusing a specific antibody-producing B-cell with a myeloma (cancer) cell, creating a hybrid cell (hybridoma).
- This hybridoma can proliferate indefinitely and produce large quantities of identical (monoclonal) antibodies.
- They received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 for this groundbreaking discovery.
- Other Options:
- Louis Pasteur: Pioneer in microbiology and vaccination.
- Edward Jenner: Developed the first successful smallpox vaccine.
- Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet: Known for clonal selection theory in immunology.
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