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Tularemia Genetics
New tularemia genetics data have been reported by investigators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
October 22nd, 2008
Research findings, 'Transcriptional profiling of Francisella tularensis infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells: a predictive tool for tularemia,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the journal FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, "In this study, we analyzed temporal gene expression patterns in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) infected with the Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain from 1 to 24 h utilizing a whole human Affymetrix gene chip. We found that a considerable number of induced genes had similar expression patterns and functions as reported previously for gene expression profiling in patients with...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-22)
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