Yale scientists found the conductors that let our immune cells sharpen their aim

Our antibodies get better with practice — after an infection, the cells that make them mutate their antibody genes at a million times the normal rate, fine-tuning them to grip invaders more tightly. How cells unleash that controlled frenzy in exactly the right stretch of DNA has puzzled scientists for decades. Now a Yale School of Medicine team led by David Schatz has identified the molecular regulators that orchestrate the process, publishing the work in Nature. 'This study is taking us from an area of speculation to something much more concrete,' Schatz said. Understanding the machinery could one day help scientists design better vaccines and immune therapies.

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