3 search results for “mycobacteria” in the Staff website
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Saloni SaxenaFaculty of Science
s.saxena@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274950
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Noortje DannenbergFaculty of Science
n.dannenberg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275075
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Turning the tables on tuberculosis: boosting our own immune forces
Tuberculosis bacteria survive by hiding in our immune cells. In her PhD research, biologist Salomé Muñoz Sánchez explores how boosting the body’s own defenses might outsmart this deadly pathogen. Her work reveals two key proteins that help immune cells destroy the bacteria.