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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