Tag: pathogen

  • Searching Salmonella infections for a cancer cure

    Searching Salmonella infections for a cancer cure

    Picture source: Science News The cure for cancer has been used as a talking point for decades. Even the current US president, Joe Biden, promised to cure cancer during his campaign. We certainly don’t need to convince anyone that studying anticancer therapies is an important research topic.  According to the CDC, in the United States…

  • Can our adipose tissue handle an infection?

    Can our adipose tissue handle an infection?

    A little fat won’t kill you – well, this may be a lie, but could I interest you in a story where a little fat could ‘save’ you after infection? This discovery definitely got my motor running. Could the adipocyte (a fat cell) act as an immune cell and clear the infection? Unfortunately, Caputa et…

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