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Study: Vitamin D is Powerful Weapon Against TB
Helps trigger mechanism that kills bacteria

Rosanne Skirble | Washington, D.C.

Vitamin D plays a critical role in fighting infection and now scientists say that it may be a powerful weapon against tuberculosis.

In a study reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers studied how T-cells - a kind of white blood cell that fights infection - are especially effective against the bacteria that cause tuberculosis...