Brain Infections (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Brain Infections

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The white arrows highlight infected cells in a mouse brain. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that genetic programming makes some brain cells more resistant to infection.

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Hyelim Cho

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