B cell biohack: Immune cells to churn out custom antibodies

B cell biohack: Immune cells to churn out custom antibodies

USC scientists have discovered a way to turn the body’s B cells into tiny surveillance machines and antibody factories that can pump out specially designed antibodies to destroy cancer cells or HIV, two of medicine’s most formidable foes. The research, published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, describes a technique for editing the genes of immune … Read more