Leprosy Bacteria Reprogram Schwann Cells into Stem Cells
It’s not just humans who can reprogram cells. The leprosy bacterium can infect and thereafter revert adult Schwann cells...It’s not just humans who can reprogram cells. The leprosy bacterium can infect and thereafter revert adult Schwann cells into stem-like cells. The infection is spread by differentiation of the stem-like cells into skeletal muscle cells and by infected macrophages that consume these reprogrammed cells. Anura Rambukkana led the study, with results reported in Cell.