New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.
  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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    6 个月前

    The discovery centres on the proteasome – a tiny structure that is found in every cell of the body.

    Its main role is to chop up old proteins into smaller chunks so they can be recycled to make new ones.

    But a series of experiments, detailed in the journal Nature, shows the proteasome detects when a cell has been infected by bacteria.