Vancouver researchers discover missing link between TB bacteria and humans
                   
physorg.com     May 14, 2008            

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria hide and multiply in the human body and are working toward a treatment to block this mechanism of infection. [read full story]                    


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