Leprosy bacteria can reprogram cells to revert to a stem-cell-like state, able to mature into different cell types, researchers report today in Cell 1 . The scientists stumbled on the discovery while researching the way leprosy spreads around the body.
http://www.nature.com/news/leprosy-bug-turns-adult-cells-into-stem-cells-1.12239
http://www.nature.com/news/leprosy-bug-turns-adult-cells-into-stem-cells-1.12239
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