Structures from the human immune system's oldest branch shed light on a range of diseases
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 10:42
in Biology & Nature
How molecules of the oldest branch of the human immune system have interconnected has remained a mystery. Now, two new structures, both involving a central component of an enzyme important to the complement system of the immune response, reveal how this system fights invading microbes while avoiding problems of the body attacking itself.