Zhao-Qing Luo and Yunhao Tan, Purdue University (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Zhao-Qing Luo and Yunhao Tan, Purdue University

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Purdue associate professor of biological sciences Zhao-Qing Luo, foreground, and graduate student Yunhao Tan identified a new way in which bacteria modify healthy cells during infection. Shown on the computer screen are cells infected with a mutant strain of the bacteria Legionella pneumophila used in their research.

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Purdue University photo/Mark Simons

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