Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causal agent of this disease, invades macrophages and can replicate inside them. Because invasion of macrophages is a critical step for establishing a mycobacterial infection, there is much interest in understanding the mechanisms for M. tuberculosis entry into macrophages.
January 24, 2016. Winter Storm Jonas did not spare Boston its icy wrath, but the Massachusetts city definitely saw a dulled-down version of the blizzard. According to numbers from the National Weather Service, 8.2 inches fell in Boston, 7 inches accumulated in South Boston and 6.1 inches were dropped in the vicinity of Logan International Airport.
A late-season winter storm blanketed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor Tuesday, with blizzard conditions and strong winds in parts of A late-season winter storm blanketed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor Tuesday, with blizzard conditions and strong winds in parts of Massachusetts. Snow totals in the Bay State may have fallen below pre-storm projections, but areas near Boston still saw nearly a foot of new snow, with Central and Western Massachusetts surpassing that mark. On Tuesday night, the National Weather Service released an unofficial snowfall map, with observed totals from spotters. Latest snowfall map. A general 8 to 18 of snow fell northwest of a Boston to Providence line. [FYI: Misplaced report across MVY] pic.twitter.com/2sIElkJN7S.