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| February 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2013 issue of The Scientist.
With dogged persistence and an unwillingness to entertain defeat, Bruce Beutler discovered a receptor that powers the innate immune response to infections—and earned his share of a Nobel Prize.
Some of these insidious viruses expertly subvert the host immune system, allowing their unhindered proliferation.
An infectious disease scientist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was brutally murdered in her home.
The release of infectious agents from the lab is not uncommon, but lab-acquired infections are rare.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Unlike epithelial cells, neurons respond to herpes infection through autophagy, rather than by releasing inflammatory factors.
Sequencing the whole genomes of bacterial pathogens as they spread among hospital patients and health care workers could transform the control of infectious disease.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
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