Cord-Blood Research Sits Poised for Therapeutic Discovery

Indeed, the history of therapeutic research is full of instances where a promising technology is not fully realized until long after an initial discovery. Consider, for example, monoclonal antibodies: The initial discoveries, along with the seminal research by CA sar Milstein and Georges KA hler, occurred in the 1970s-more than 20 years before there began to be a significant number of monoclonal antibody therapies approved for human use.

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