The more we learn about our immune system, the more amazed we are by its complexity ... we have learned recently that two types of adaptive immune system have evolved in vertebrates: a recently ...

Somatic diversification of receptors is one of many molecular mechanisms that evolved to support the clonally dependent vertebrate adaptive immune system. The cell types and cell communication ...

"Who are you?" This question, in its many variations, is almost inevitable in school applications, job interviews or introspective moments. We spend years, perhaps our entire lives, unraveling the ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. According to textbooks, cells of the adaptive immune system must be either B cells or T cells—they can’t be both, or anything in between. But proving once again ...