Diagnostic and Therapeutic Antibodies

Soon after the first description of monoclonal antibodies in 1976, there was enormous interest in the clinical application of antibodies, especially in the context of cancer. Antibodies appeared to offer the "magic bullet" that would allow the specific destruction of neoplastic cells. H- ever, many years' effort resulted in very few cases of successful immu- therapy with antibodies. As a result there was a major backlash against antibody therapy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896037983
• ISBN13: 9780896037984
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 477 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"