Sugar Turns Bacteria Sweet: A Peace Offering in the Gut

Publication date: 20 September 2018Source: Cell, Volume 175, Issue 1Author(s): Ken CadwellFollowing an infection, a subset of individuals can remain disease free despite harboring a pathogen for a prolonged period. In this issue of Cell, Sanchez et al. demonstrate that a metabolically favorable host response can drive an otherwise lethal bacterial pathogen to abandon virulence and become a commensal microorganism.

Source: Cell - September 21, 2018 Category: Cytology Source Type: research