Human Health And Disease Question 18
Question: Monoclonal antibodies are produced from hybrid cells, called hybridomas. The cells employed to obtain these hybridoma cells, are:
Options:
A) B-lymphocytes and myeloma cells
B) Lymphoma cells and bone marrow cells
C) T-lymphocytes and myeloma cells
D) B-lymphocytes and carcinoma cells
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Hybridoma technology is a technology of formation of hybrid cell lines i.e., hybridomas by the fusion of B-lymphocyte cell and a myeloma cell.
The hybrid cell produced is selected on the basis of its ability to grow in tissue culture and for an absence of antibody chain synthesis.
The antibodies produced by the hybridoma cells are the single specific and therefore called as monoclonal antibodies.
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