TWiM #83: Il­lu­mi­nat­ing Tu­ber­cu­lo­sis and Cryp­to­coc­co­sis

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Hosts: Vin­cent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swan­son. 

Vin­cent, Michael, Elio and Michele re­view a new flu­o­ro­genic di­ag­nos­tic test for tu­ber­cu­lo­sis bac­te­ria, and the role of a met­al­lo­pro­tease in help­ing a fun­gus in­vade the cen­tral ner­vous sys­tem.

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