Catching the blood cell bus gives fatal yeast infection a clean getaway
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 06:42
in Health & Medicine
Yeast fungus cells that kill thousands of AIDS patients every year escape detection by our bodies' defences by hiding inside our own defence cells, and hitch a ride through our systems before attacking and spreading, scientists heard today (Tuesday 9 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.
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