An enzyme that mutates antibodies also targets a cancer-causing oncogene
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 22:35
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 defenses 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.