Scientists Uncover Interactions Between Bacteria that Infect the Lungs in Cystic Fibrosis (IMAGE)

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Scientists Uncover Interactions Between Bacteria that Infect the Lungs in Cystic Fibrosis

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Substances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit the harmful bacterium's biofilm, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

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Scoffield JA, et al. (2017)

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