An enzyme that mutates antibodies also targets a cancer-causing oncogene

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 05:07 in Biology & Nature

The human immune system is in a perpetual state of self-experimentation. It expertly mutates and shuffles the DNA of its own cells to evolve new defences against the vast array of microbes that try to invade our bodies. But when the genetic experiment goes awry, the result can be a deadly cancer...

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