Bacterial 'sleeper cells' evade antibiotics and weaken defense against infection

(Imperial College London) New research, from scientists at Imperial College London, unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening new avenues to finding ways of clearing these bacterial cells from the body, and stopping recurrence of the bacterial infection.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
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