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hybridomas

  • plural
    of hybridoma.
    hybridoma
    noun
    a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.

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"When you make an antibody, you test what are called hybridomas, cells that produce antibodies. We screened thousands before finding the one that worked," Abdel-Mohsen said.

From Science Daily Jan. 15, 2026

The relationship with Michele calmed him and he took over the role of director of the hybridoma bank, growing it from 100 to 4,400 hybridomas over the last 20 years.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2016

Among the biggest impacts of B-cell biology was the invention of hybridomas — immortal antibody-producing cell lines.

From Nature Jan. 5, 2015

The result: hybrid cells, dubbed hybridomas, that inherited from the spleen the ability to produce antibodies and from the malignant cells the ability to replicate themselves indefinitely.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others include the fusion of cells, DNA synthesis and the creation of hybridomas, long-lived cells that are designed to produce pure antibodies for use against disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

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