Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Gabriel Victora
Vincent, Rich, Alan and Gabriel review the production of antibodies by B cells, and how high affinity antibodies are selected in the germinal centers of lymph nodes.
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- An antibody molecule (png)
- Antibodies (virology blog)
- Germinal center dynamics revealed by two photon microscopy (Cell)
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Wow, those videos in Gabriels paper are REALLY cool!
I saw Contagion a little over a week ago at a second run discount movie theater for $3. I just found out it comes out on DVD on January 3rd, and there are several versions on Amazon.
Thanks! It’s ordered, so expect a TWiV analysis of the movie in January.
Its abt Nipah Virus right? in the movie??