Bacterial ' sabotage ' handicaps ability to resolve devastating lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis

The chronic lung inflammation that is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis, has, for the first time, been linked to a new class of bacterial enzymes that hijack the patient ’s immune response and prevent the body from calling off runaway inflammation, according to a laboratory investigation.
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