and other small animals carry the bacteria in their blood, making them "competent" hosts. Blacklegged ticks are not born infected with the Lyme disease bacteria. But when a blacklegged tick feeds ...

Without the turn-on switch provided by salicylic acid, the active metabolic product in the blood after a person takes an aspirin, the bacteria remain dormant in the tumor. "One core part of this ...

, , , , University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich. Standiford TJ, Mehrad B, Tsai WC, Moore TA. Pulmonary Host Defenses: The Role of Cytokines in ...