Scientists at the university of Minnesota are a step closer to a treatment for an infection that kills thousands of people each year. The researchers have found a way to manipulate candida albicans, a common yeast that can turn dangerous in people with weak immune systems. An editorial in the current issue of the journal "Science", where the study is published, calls the findings a "landmark discovery." Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports.
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