Hopkins scientists discover how protein trips up germs

Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:28 in Biology & Nature

If bad bacteria lurk in your system, chances are they will bump into the immune system's protective cells whose job is gobbling germs. The catch is that these do-gooders, known as macrophages, ingest and destroy only those infectious invaders that they can securely hook and reel in...

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