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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Attacks Immune System Friday, August 15, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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'Flesh-eating' or 'Strep' bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a key immune defense molecule, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The finding, which could aid in development of new treatments for serious infections in human patients, will be reported in the August 14 issue of the journal Cell Host and Microbe. (source: ucsdnews.ucsd.edu)
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