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Curbing C. difficile's toxin production


Researchers at Tufts University have discovered how the protein CodY controls toxin production of Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that has caused epidemics of severe diarrhea in hospital patients. In its search for food, C. difficile releases toxins th ...

Source: Tufts University, Health Sciences
Wednesday, September 5, 2007