Question

For which discovery did Georges Köhler and César Milstein share the noble prize in 1984?

(a) Inventing genome sequencing

(b) Discovery the structure of DNA

(c) Discovery of B-cell cancer myeloma

(d) Discovery of the process of producing monoclonal antibodies

I had been asked this question during an online exam.

The above asked question is from Genetic Recombination in division Genetic Recombination of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) Discovery of the process of producing monoclonal antibodies

To explain I would say: The B-cell cancer myeloma was known, researchers understood that these cancerous B-cells all produce a single type of antibody. This theory was used to study the structure of antibodies. Later the process of producing monoclonal antibodies invented by Georges Köhler and César Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 for the discovery.