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Discovery sheds light on real-time evolution of immune system’s ‘antibody factories’
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Discovery sheds light on real-time evolution of immune system’s ‘antibody factories’

by Allison Hydzik,  University of Pittsburgh 3D rendering of a B cell. Credit: Blausen.com staff (2014). “Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014”. WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). The immune system’s B cells have the unique distinction of being the only cells in the human body that evolve, in real time—and an international team of scientists announced...