Paper “Reciprocalfunctions of Cryptococcus neoformans copper homeostasis machinery duringpulmonary infection and meningoencephalistis” written by NortheasternUniversity researchers published in Nature Communications, Nov. 24th,which revealed the new mechanism of Cryptococcus neoformans copper ionmetabolism taking part in mammalian lungs and brain infection.
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