Dr. Ed Hollox - Defensins Research - University of Leicester

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A short video in which Dr. Edward Hollox explains his research into beta-defensins, the body's own peptide antibiotics. They are at the "sharp end" of the defence against infection. A cluster of at least seven of these beta-defensin genes is on human chromosome 8 in a dynamic and complex region...

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