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Nature Podcast

REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - August 1975

Nature Podcast

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Science, Technology, News

4.5893 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Six out of ten of the world's best-selling drugs are based on molecules called monoclonal antibodies. But their high impact comes with a low profile. This is a story of how basic science quietly became blockbuster medicine. Originally aired 14/08/13.

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0:00.0

And you didn't flush baby wipes.

0:01.9

No.

0:02.2

Dental floss?

0:03.0

No.

0:04.1

Cat litter?

0:05.2

Ah, no, no.

0:06.8

Hmm. I just can't understand what...

0:08.9

Hang on a moment.

0:10.0

Yep, we'll get someone out to your tenant and get that looked at.

0:13.0

With DirectLine's landlord emergency cover added to your landlord insurance,

0:17.0

whether your tenants block the toilet or break a door lock,

0:19.6

we'll get you from problem to solution

0:21.3

as quickly as possible. Directline, we're on it. Landlord insurance underwritten by UK Insurance

0:27.0

Limited, residential properties only cover up to £1,500 per callout. This podcast originally

0:34.3

aired in 2013. This is the Nature Pastcast, each month raiding Nature's archive and looking at key moments in science.

0:43.2

In this show, the beginnings of some blockbusters in the 1970s.

0:58.0

Nature. Nature. Nature August the 7th, 1975

1:01.0

From the late 19th century, scientists began to wonder whether antibodies could be the next magic bullet in medicine.

1:20.6

I had no idea that it was going to have the impact it had now. I mean, I don't think we, at that point, I think anyone had realised the importance.

1:31.4

Volume 256. Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity.

1:39.5

Today, monoclonal antibodies are a very important part of the biotechnology industry, yet they're very

1:45.1

little known. It's very interesting. If you mention to people the drug Herceptin, which is used

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