Octavio Luiz Franco Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Hybridoma technology; Impact and improvements; Monoclonal antibodies
Center for Proteomic and Biochemical Analysis, Postgraduate Genomic and Biochemical Sciences, Catholic University of Bras
In 1975 George Köhler and César Milstein, with a remarkable article on hybridoma technology published in Nature, opened a new era in biology with enormous implications for analysis in biomedicine and biotechnology. It remains unquestionably important nowadays and it is basically a multifaceted methodology including procedures for antigen preparation, immunization, somatic cell fusion and cloning, cryopreservation, immunochemical screening, functional and biochemical characterization and industrial scaling up.
Review Article Open Access
Author(s): Anselmo J Otero-Gonz?lez, Irelio Rodr?guez-Matheu, Octavio Luiz Franco and Jorge Sarracent-P?rez
38 Years of Hybridoma Technology as a Source of Analytical Tools for Immunodiagnostics of Infectious Diseases. Some Contributions Developed in Cuba to Improve the Original Procedures and Future Prospects
In 1975 George Köhler and César Milstein, with a remarkable article on hybridoma technology published in Nature, opened a new era in biology with enormous implications for analysis in biomedicine and biotechnology. It remains unquestionably important nowadays and it is basically a multifaceted methodology including procedures for antigen preparation, immunization, somatic cell fusion and cloning, cryopreservation, immunochemical screening, functional and bi... view more»