date:Jul 30, 2012
For over more than a hundred years, experts have known that a lack of protein in the diet can lead to symptoms of malnutrition including diarrhoea, inflamed intestines and other immune system disorders; all of which work to weaken the body and can be fatal.
However, the molecular mechanisms that explain how under-nourishment causes such severe symptoms has been largely unexplored, until now.
Led by Josef Penninger, director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) in Vienna, Austria