Antibodies recognize foreign threats, and their molecular structure helps explain that role in the immune system. The discussion introduces the familiar Y-shaped antibody and the research that established its structure.
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35:18show. 1969 discovery of antibbody structure. >> Yeah. Um, we all know what antibodies are. There's so many episodes that we talk about antibodies. This is the bread and butter of how our immune system recognizes foreign threats. The structure of that antibbody, it's always depicted as a Y. There's a part that is stationed within the cell and then there's two protruding parts that change shape in order to discover all of the pathogens that are coming in. Um, immunologist Gerald Adelman at the Rockefeller University in New York City, he discovered this molecular structure of antibodies which is now ubiquitously known in all of the textbooks. ED
36:00received the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology. >> Another quick turnaround. We love these quick Nobel turnouts. This one was good. They're going to give him the Nobel immediately. >> Yeah, this one because everyone was after it. Everyone knows what antibodies are. Nobody knew exactly how all these antibodies can recognize so many different things. >> There you go. >> Immediate. Immediate. Now, one of the things we also talk about on this pod a