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Study Finds Vitamin D Is Critical In Human Immune Response To Tuberculosis
"Vitamin D is needed to activate the immune system's response to tuberculosis (TB)," a finding that "could lead to new treatments for the lung disease," researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, Agence France-Presse reports. "Researchers have long known that vitamin D plays a role in the body's response to TB, but the study ... shows it must be present in adequate levels to trigger the immune response," AFP writes.
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