Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Derived as clones from a single cell or produced by clones of a single cell.
- noun A monoclonal product, such as a monoclonal antibody.
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- adjective biochemistry
genetically engineered from a singleclone ; used especially of aprotein orantibody - noun immunochemistry something produced from a single clone, especially a
monoclonal antibody
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- adjective forming or derived from a single clone
- noun any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules
Etymologies
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RABER: A number of new drugs have come along that are what we call monoclonal antibodies.
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RABER: A number of new drugs have come along that are what we call monoclonal antibodies.
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Standard methods were available for selectively growing cells with functional HPRT enzymes and had already been used for several years for selection of mutants, hybridoma cells in monoclonal antibody production etc.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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Dutch researchers conducted the study because there has been evidence that people can develop immune resistance to drugs known as monoclonal antibodies, which are derived from living cells.
Study Finds Immune Resistance to Abbott's Humira in Some Patients Peter Loftus 2011
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Michael Emery, a 68-year-old retired engineer in Bonita Springs, Fla., says his doctor gave him a free one-month subscription to help him learn more about his rare condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, or MGUS.
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MabThera belongs to a group of biological therapies, known as monoclonal antibodies.
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A blood test can detect pregnancy six to eight days after ovulation.6 Both tests, known as monoclonal antibody tests, detect human chorionic gonadotropin hCG, a hormone present first in the bloodstream and then in urine during pregnancy.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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Bristol-Myers Squibb in New York, is a so-called monoclonal antibody.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Yusuf Hamied plans to invest in companies in India and Hong Kong that make so-called monoclonal antibodies.
Bloomberg 2010
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The team, led by Lawren Wu, generated a therapeutic molecule known as a monoclonal antibody that targets the portion of human IgE that is contained in IgE molecules on the surface of B cells but not in IgE molecules in the blood.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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