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Immune System

'Jumping Gene' Helps Explain Immune System's Abilities

19 years, 4 months ago

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Posted on Jan 09, 2005, 11 a.m. By Bill Freeman

A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has found the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immune system's remarkable ability to recognize and respond to a million different proteins might have originated from a family of genes whose only apparent function is to jump around in genetic material.
A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has found the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immune system's remarkable ability to recognize and respond to a million different proteins might have originated from a family of genes whose only apparent function is to jump around in genetic material.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050106114650.htm

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