Finding Suggests Novel Ways To Boost Vaccination Or Natural Defences

Our bodies rely on the production of potent, or ‘high affinity’, antibodies to fight infection. The process is very complex, yet Sydney scientists have discovered that it hinges on a single molecule, a growth factor, without which it cannot function. There is much we do not yet understand about our immune system. In simple terms, our bodies produce B cells, which make antibodies, and T cells, which help them.

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Filed under: Biology on July 8th, 2008