Part 2: The History of Convalescent Serum and the Story of the Antibody




Healio Rheuminations show

Summary: Part 2 of this series explores how we began to measure antibody levels and how serotherapy evolved and was used to investigate multiple diseases (I’m looking at you, pneumonia). We’ll also learn how advances in laboratory techniques like electrophoresis paved the way for a better understanding of the antibody.