ISPE Glossary of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Terminology

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Hybridoma

A hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a specific antibody producing spleen cell with a myeloma cell. The hybrid cell has the growth characteristics of the myeloma component and the antibody secreting characteristics of the spleen cell and will multiply to become a source of large quantities of pure, monoclonal antibody.

Hybridoma

An immortalized cell line (usually derived by fusing B-lymphocyte cells with myeloma tumor cells) that secretes a desirable protein, typically a monoclonal antibody.

Publication Source: ISPE Baseline® Guide, Vol. 6: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities

Publication Date: 2004

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