
In a finding that could lead to the development of a new treatment for cholera, researchers have discovered a virus that can grow an immune system of its own and kill the bacteria that causes cholera.
According to the report published in the journal Nature, researchers at Tufts University in the US were initially analyzing the DNA sequences of a bacteriophage, a virus that infects a bacteria, taken from the stool samples of cholera patients in Bangladesh.
The researchers discovered genes of a functional immune system that was limited only to some types of bacteria. The researchers found that only those viruses that have this type of immune system can kill the cholera causing bacteria.
Source: Medindia
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