Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularaemia vaccine
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called Francisella tularensis, which could lead to vaccines that are better able to prevent tularaemia infection of the lungs. Their findings were published today in the early, online version of Immunity...