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In a World First, a Patient’s Antibody Cells Were Just Genetically Engineered

Dec 18, 2023
06:40

B cells are prolific producers of antibodies, but for the first time, scientists have modified them to make other proteins to counteract a serious genetic disease. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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