"Perhaps we will soon be able to tailor vaccines to tip the scales either toward mutation or cloning." The downsides of evolution Vaccines and infections alike lead to the construction of germinal ...

Tiny clusters in the lymph nodes, germinal centers refine antibodies through mutation and expansion until they produce high-affinity B cells adapted to keep different pathogens in check.

“Perhaps we will soon be able to tailor vaccines to tip the scales either toward mutation or cloning.” Vaccines and infections lead to the construction of germinal centers, specialized immune ...