How flesh-eating bacteria attack the body's immune system
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
'Flesh-eating' or 'Strep' bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a key immune defence molecule, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences...
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