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8/30/2010 PERMALINK
U of Alberta researchers discover important mechanism for fighting infection.
ITEM: Richard Lamb and his post doctoral fellow Virginie Mieulet, in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, may be able to explain why proper nutrition is so vital in fighting infection. They have discovered an amino acid, called arginine, is required to let the body know that it's being attacked by an infection.