Weakened Antibacterial Immunity Linked To Obesity
December 11th, 2007
Medical News Today - Dec 11 4:08 AM
In a paper published December 10, 2007, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Salomon Amar, and his team have linked obesity to weakened antibacterial immunity. Through experimental research, Amar and his team looked at how control and obese mice fought P. gingivalis infection. [click …
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