How Flesh-eating Bacteria Attack The Body's Immune System
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:28
in Health & Medicine
"Flesh-eating" or "Strep" bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a key immune defense molecule. The finding, which could aid in development of new treatments for serious infections in human patients, will be reported in the journal Cell Host & Microbe.
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