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Skin antibiotics
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011123-03
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Skin is a major barrier against the environment and provides the first line of defense against invading microorganisms. Two papers in November 22 Nature and November 5 Nature Immunology show that cathelicidin and dermicin are antimicrobial proteins that enhance the protective response of the skin to a bacterial infection.
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