Tag: Disease causing microbes

‘Fire to fight fire’ to combat disease could backfire

A "fire to fight fire" treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease more damaging in some circumstances, a new research has found. It showed that introducing 'friendlier' less-potent strains into a bunch of disease-causing microbes can lead to increased disease severity. "Our study …

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January 2, 2017