Georges J.F. Köhler

Nobel Lecture

Derivation and Diversification of Monoclonal Antibodies

Georges J.F. Köhler held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

Derivation and Diversification of Monoclonal Antibodies

Georges J.F. Köhler held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1984, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell of the Karolinska Institutet.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1981-1990, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Jan Lindsten, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993

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