The last episode in the series highlighting how the structure of the antibody was discovered, as well as how a chicken butt was critical in understanding B cell biology.

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• Intro :11
• In this episode :15
• Recap: What we know about the antibody so far 1:12
• Discovering the structure of the antibody 3:34
• What else can we learn about the light chain 7:04
• An understanding of what these proteins were 9:49

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• A story about a chicken butt 11:40
• Backtracking to 1898 – where do antibodies come from? 16:49
• An important paper in 1945 argues the lymphocyte is the antibody maker 18:59
• Where is the bursa of Fabricius in humans? 20:46
• A study from Australia 21:48
• The bone marrow is what did it 23:00
• Thanks for listening! 24:48

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