{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas","description":"Cindy and Steph discuss a paper that challenges the textbook dogma that B cells must first bind to an antigen for antibody affinity maturation to occur, and a snippet on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis. Hosts:&amp;nbsp;Cindy Leifer&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Steph Langel Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts,&amp;nbsp;RSS,&amp;nbsp;email Become a&amp;nbsp;patron&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Immune! Links for this episode  MicrobeTV Discord Server Somatic&amp;nbsp;hypermutation in non-specific&amp;nbsp;B cells (Immunity 2025) Dysfunctional&amp;nbsp;T cells during bacterial&amp;nbsp;vaginosis (J Clin Invest 2025) Time stamps by&amp;nbsp;Jolene&amp;nbsp;Ramsey. Thanks!  Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by&amp;nbsp;Blausen Medical  Send your immunology questions and comments to&amp;nbsp;immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. ","author_name":"Immune","author_url":"http:\/\/microbe.tv\/immune","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38526480\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/38526480"}