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Published online 18 April 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020415-6
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Lung bacteria morph into lethal form
Cystic-fibrosis lungs could be cleared by flicking a bacterial switch.
US researchers have identified how bacteria lining the lungs of cystic-fibrosis patients switch into a deadly mode1. Altering this switch could lead to more effective therapies for potentially lethal infections.
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