Persistent Bacterial Infection Exploits Killing Machinery Of Immune Cells
Sunday, November 2, 2008 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new treatments and vaccines for tuberculosis and certain other chronic bacterial and parasitic infections.
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