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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Human Resisitance is In Danger

How TB dupes the immune system: study from PhysOrg.com

Scientists have figured out how tuberculosis tricks the immune system, a discovery that could lead to new anti-TB drugs, according to a study published Sunday. In experiments with mice, they identified a key mechanism whereby TB bacteria provoke a form of death in host cells that enables the infection to spread through the lungs, they reported.

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