Process of Selection (image)

Rockefeller University

Caption

The immune system produces antibodies finely tuned to target a foreign protein, called an antigen. Recent research describes how the interaction between T cells (green) and B cells (blue) allows this to take place. Bystander B cells and antigen appear in red.

Credit

Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University

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