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Immunization
Data from University of Saskatchewan, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization provide new insights into immunization
May 14th, 2008
Fresh data on immunization are presented in the report 'Microarray analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae gene expression changes to human lung epithelial cells.' "Streptococcus pneumoniae infection starts from the respiratory tract where interaction with host epithelial cells occurs. To gain more insights on pneumococcal pathogenesis, an oligonucleotide (oligo)-based microarray was used to investigate gene expression changes of one serotype 3 encapsulated pathogenic S. pneumoniae strain 82 and one unencapsulated avirulent S. pneumoniae strain R6 upon exposure to human lung epithelial cells (A549) for 1 and 3 h, respectively," scientists in Saskatoon, Canada...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-14)
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