Dr. Lora Hooper, UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Lora Hooper, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Dr. Lora Hooper (right) and other immunologists and microbiologists, including Dr. Shipra Vaishnava, have shown for the first time that the Paneth cells, which line the guts of mammals, play a major role in making sure that bacteria -- both good and bad types -- remain in the right places.

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UT Southwestern Medical Center

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