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Study: DNA damage does not kill bacteria

U.S. scientists say they've determined immune cells don't kill bacteria by damaging their DNA, reversing a widespread assumption in the scientific community.

The University of Illinois researchers said they discovered macrophages -- the immune cells that engulf and kill bacteria -- direct their attack on targets outside the bacteria's membrane-bound cytoplasm.
 
 

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