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THE fate of antibodies in normal human γ-globulin preparations during storage was studied by Gerlough1, who succeeded in achieving surprising results: the half-time of diphtheria antitoxin in the preparation was 23 years—under strict storage conditions even 40–69 years. Tiselius electrophoresis and ultra-centrifugation did not reveal cleavage or denaturation of the protein molecule.
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ŠKVAŘIL, F. Changes in Outdated Human γ-Globulin Preparations. Nature 185, 475–476 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185475a0
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