BOOSTER SHOTS: Flesh-eating bacteria -- Scientists identify the perpetrator
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 22:56
in Health & Medicine
By Shari Roan Study shows how group A Streptococcus survives and spreads by disabling an immune defense molecule, raising hopes that researchers are closer to finding a way to stop the dangerous organism.
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