Monoclonal antibodies in clinical immunology

Advances in clinical immunodiagnostics resulting from the application of hybridoma technology are starting to appear. Monoclonal antibodies are beginning to displace their antiquated progenitors, polyclonal antisera, in many facets of immunology. Their homogeneity, specificity, and availability make hybridoma-derived antibodies the immunological reagents of the future in immunoassays, immuno-affinity chromatography, immunotherapy, and areas yet to be defined.