monoclonal antibodies are like demented postal workers

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An example of simile in popular science writing:

"You don't need to know where all the cells are because your mAbs will do the legwork for you, incessantly scouring the body for their target destination like tiny, demented postal workers without a good union."

Catherine Carver

Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth'.)

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.