Do blood bacteria cause many ills?

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3091, 2016, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A molecule made only by bacteria has been found to change blood proteins in a way that is common to a score of "non-infectious" conditions, from heart attacks to Alzheimer's disease. All involve inflammation, abnormal blood clotting, excessive iron in the blood and sheets of abnormally folded proteins.