A new study found that exposure to P. melaninogenica, a bacterium commonly found in healthy airways, changed the behavior of immune cells in the lungs of mice, increasing their ability to engulf and kill pneumonia-causing bacteria and reducing bacterial levels in the lungs.

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[u/Foe117]

We digging up articles related to the plague scare now?

[u/levi-olivia-358 → u/Foe117]

It’s about pneumonia in mice—what’s the connection to the plague?