Genome study shows how strep throat germ circumvents our immune system
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 15:07
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigators at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston examined for the first time the long-term response to strep throat on a genome-wide level, shedding light on how group A streptococcus interacts with the patient`s immune system and attempts to circumvent it. Results were published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).