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Contact: Cliff Despres
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
Caption: Dr. Michael Gale, associate professor of microbiology, has helped show that the hepatitis C virus turns on immune defenses upon entering the body but also can switch off those defenses by manipulating interaction of key cellular proteins.
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center
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