If a researcher introduces a novel antigen into a mouse engineered to lack functional B cells, which consequence follows regarding adaptive immunity?

💡 Explanation

Long-term immunological memory relies on B cells producing memory B cells and plasma cells. Because B cells are absent, this cannot happen; therefore, long-term memory is impaired, rather than other immune responses, which might still occur via alternative pathways.

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