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Showing posts with label stem cells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem cells. Show all posts

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Reprogramming Leprosy


Investigating the mechanisms of spread of leprosy (leprosy) in the body, scientists have noticed that its agents - bacteria Mycobacterium lepta - can exchange mature cells into stem cells (which can develop into different cell types).

Researchers have identified lemmotsity mice and infected them with agents of leprosy.