World TB Day - TB resuscitation promoting factors
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Professor Nick Keep explores the molecular pathogenesis of TB and describes his work on TB resuscitation promoting factors, at 'The Challenge of TB: UCL's Contribution' held on 24th March 2010. These bacterial 'cytokines' have been shown to be important for waking up dormant M.tb.
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