'Flu Vaccination' Protects Bacteria Against Virus
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 16:14
in Health & Medicine
Bacteria – like people animals and plants – can become infected by a virus. Researchers have now unravelled a mechanism with which bacteria can defend themselves for a longer period against threatening viruses. Over the long term, this research offers possibilities to protect bacteria used in industrial processes against viral infections by giving them a 'flu vaccination'.