Dark Ages scourge enlightens modern struggle between man and microbes
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
The plague-causing bacteria Yersinia pestis evades detection and establishes a stronghold without setting off the body's early alarms. New discoveries reported this week help explain how the stealthy agent of Black Death avoids tripping a self-destruct mechanism inside germ-destroying cells.