Leishmania parasite manipulates organism's defense system to continue replicating, study shows
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 10:22
in Biology & Nature
In an article published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil show how protozoans of the genus Leishmania that cause leishmaniasis manipulate a protein that plays an essential role in the organism's defense in order to continue to replicate, preventing the body from vanquishing the disease.