How to fight Lyme may lie in the biology of its disease-causing bacteria

How to fight Lyme may lie in the biology of its disease-causing bacteria

The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

Not all cell walls are created equally. Take the particular composition of Borrelia burgdorferi The cell wall of the bacteria. It could play a role in the persistent symptoms of Lyme disease – the most common tick-borne infection in the United States. This makeup could also be the key to [...]

The biological basis of Lyme infection may be determined by the bacteria that cause it

Certain cell walls are not uniform, as evidenced by the atypical composition of the Borrelia bacterium's cell wall that could be a contributing...