Word: antiserum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...genetic material-possibly no more than a single gene-is somehow attached to a chromosome other than the usual Y. The proof of this aberration came from an immunological experiment; white blood cells from an XX male were mixed -and then reacted-with a test antiserum. That reaction was confirmation of the presence of the so-called H-Y or "male" antigen...
...chemically different from all previously identified mammalian viruses. Gardner still feels a "small nagging doubt-the remote possibility that it's a strange new type of cat virus." To rule out this possibility, the researchers plan an additional series of laboratory experiments, including attempts to produce viral antiserum from guinea pigs and rabbits. The antiserum could then be used in human cancer tissue to test for the presence of the newly discovered virus...