Robin Shields-Cutler and Jeffrey Henderson, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Robin Shields-Cutler and Jeffrey Henderson, Washington University School of Medicine

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Robin Shields-Cutler, left, and Jeffrey Henderson, M.D., Ph.D., showed individual differences in urine may affect susceptibility to UTIs. They hold models of the innate immune protein siderocalin, which helps the body fight infection by depriving bacteria of iron.

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Courtesy of Robert Boston

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