Gonorrhea Superbug Evades Immune System by Creating Vesicles That Attack Macrophages

Scientists at Monash University say they discovered how the gonorrhea superbug evades the immune system, opening up a way for therapies that prevent this process and allowing the body's natural defenses to kill the bug. The team published its study (“ Outer Membrane Vesicles from Neisseria gonorrhoeae Target PorB to Mitochondria and Induce Apoptosis ”) in PLOS Pathogens .Thomas Naderer, Ph.D., and Pankaj Deo, Ph.D., and their team from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute descr