Ayres Lab (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ayres Lab

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HHMI Investigator Janelle Ayres (center right) and her lab have found that surviving an infection depends on disease tolerance — how the body adapts to a pathogen — not the amount of bacteria present.

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Credit: Stacy Keck / AP Images for HHMI

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