Study: Dangerous E. coli strain blocks gut’s defense mechanism to spread infection
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From left: Rachael Peterson, B.S., Isabella Rauch, Ph.D., and Marin Miner, B.S. in the Rauch lab. Isabella Rauch, Ph.D., is the senior author on a new study published in Nature that reveals how a dangerous strain of E. coli blocks the body’s immune defenses to spread infection. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)