Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 09:42
in Health & Medicine
It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial meningitis. Now, after years of research, experts at The University of Nottingham have finally discovered how the deadly meningococcal bacteria is able to break through the body's natural defence mechanism and attack the brain.
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