Structures from the human immune system's oldest branch shed light on a range of diseases

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:21 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...

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