Hybridoma technology allows for the production of monoclonal antibodies through the fusion of B cells and myeloma cells. Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein discovered this technique in 1975. Mouse spleen cells producing antibodies targeting a specific antigen are fused with myeloma cells. The resulting hybridoma cells can be cloned, grown indefinitely in culture, and produce large quantities of identical monoclonal antibodies directed against a single epitope of the target antigen. Monoclonal antibodies find applications in areas such as disease diagnosis, pregnancy testing, and blood typing.