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AI analysis of how bacteria attack could help predict infection outcomes – Science Daily

Insights into how bacterial proteins work as a network to take control of our cells could help predict infection outcomes and develop new treatments.

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Insights into how bacterial proteins work as a network to take control of our cells could help predict infection outcomes and develop new treatments.Much like a hacker seizes control of a company’s software to cause chaos, disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, use miniature molecular syringes to inject their own chaos-inducing agents (called effectors) into the cells that keep our guts healthy.
These effectors take control of our cells, overwhelming their defences and blocking…

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