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Promising protein discovered for new drugs against tuberculosis

Immune cells keep tuberculosis bacteria under control by breaking them down. Leiden biologist Annemarie Meijer and her colleagues discovered which protein triggers this process. This protein (DRAM1) is a potential target for new drugs, they write in Cell Host & Microbe.

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Source: Universiteit Leiden

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By Universiteit Leiden

Published: June 13, 2014, 5:21 p.m.

Last updated: June 13, 2014, 5:23 p.m.

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