germinal

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But first those memory cells get trained in immune system boot camps called germinal centers, learning to do more than just make copies of their original antibodies.

From Seattle Times

In immune system boot camps called germinal centers, they also mutate antibody-producing genes to test out a range of those virus fighters, explained University of Pennsylvania immunologist John Wherry.

From Seattle Times

“So, now you don't get proper germinal centers, and those who do, it’s kind of wimpy germinal centers. So then at the end of the day, you don't get the best, longest-lived antibody response.”

From National Geographic

He was an author of a study that found that the virus can destroy germinal centers, places in lymph nodes where antibodies are produced.

From New York Times

He looked for structures called “germinal centres” in the spleen and lymph nodes.

From The Guardian