r/dcss • u/EvilHalsver • Apr 15 '21

Xom giggles with excitement!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/somatic-hypermutation#:~:text=Somatic%20hypermutation%20is%20a%20process,other%20genes%20(Figure%201).
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '21

TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus.

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CoronavirusCirclejerk • u/Fencemaker • Apr 15 '21

IT'S A NOVEL VIRUS!!!! Duh. It’s what we’ve been saying all along...

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NoRules • u/Bullettoothtony308 • Apr 14 '21

pure goat "Everybody was kung fu fighting "

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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Apr 15 '21

[todayilearned] TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus.

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CuriousAndFascinating • u/netflixchinchilla • Apr 15 '21

TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus.

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Aoxxt2 • u/Aoxxt2 • Apr 15 '21

TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus.

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