DNA of good bacteria drives intestinal response to infection
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 07:28
in Biology & Nature
A new study shows that the DNA of so-called 'good bacteria' that normally live in the intestines may help defend the body against infection. The findings, available online in the journal Immunity, are reported by Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D., and her colleagues in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health...