Yumiko Tsukamoto

Research Scientist

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

VALIDATE Role
Network Associate

Research Keywords
TB, animal models, BCG

Biography
My main research is developing novel TB vaccine, especially improving BCG. My current interest is (1) to determine the key mechanism induced by BCG to protect hosts against MTB and (2) to elucidate the mechanism  of cell to cell interaction in lung during tuberculosis infection.

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