Mucus blocking Salmonella (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mucus blocking Salmonella

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MIT researchers have discovered how mucins found in the mucus that lines the digestive tract can disarm the bacterium that causes Salmonella (purple).

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MIT

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