How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting Immune System: Proteomics Study Yields Clues
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 21:14
in Biology & Nature
A link between the immune system and the self-cleaning system by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts may one day yield new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis and other deadly infectious diseases. Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered proteins residing in both systems that point to "cross-talk" between them.