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Researchers at Penn Dental Medicine identified a previously unknown molecular mechanism that enables bacteria to rapidly breach the body’s protective barriers. The work was led by Dana T. Graves, professor of periodontics and vice dean for scholarship and research, and appears in Nature Communications. The discovery suggests a new way to target bacterial invasion, which could inform treatment strategies for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and arthritis.

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