Experiments reveal key components of the body's machinery for battling deadly tularemia
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 21:00
in Biology & Nature
Key molecules that trigger the immune system to launch an attack on the bacterium that causes tularemia have been discovered by researchers. Tularemia is a highly infectious disease that kills more than 30 percent of those infected, if left untreated. It can be readily transmitted by air, insect bites or through contaminated food or water.