Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:01 PM
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Stephen Lovatt
Weird Way Lyme Disease Bugs Avoid Immune System http://www.livescience.com/28120-lyme-d ... anese.html The bacterium that causes Lyme Disease substitutes manganese for iron in its diet, a new study finds. The pathogen is the first known organism to live without iron. This talent helps the pathogen evade the immune system, which often acts against foreign invaders by starving them of iron.
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