Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Uncovering How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
A new UCLA study demonstrates how bacteria can pretend to be a virus and trick the immune system into sending out the wrong type of defense. Such manipulation sheds light on how the flu may make us more susceptible to pneumonia or as in the recent outbreak of TB in Los Angeles, possibly how the flu and other environmental factors could be used to the TB bacteria's advantage.