Study reveals how Chlamydia hijacks host cells

The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, a common cause of sexually transmitted infections, survives by hijacking human sphingolipids to grow within sheltered host cell inclusions, which can eventually exceed the size of the host cell's nucleus.

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