Researchers identify protein critical in causing chronic UTIs

Friday, September 23, 2016 - 14:11 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified a potential way to prevent chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs). Their research points to a key protein that bacteria use to latch onto the bladder and cause UTIs, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Vaccinating mice against the protein reduces the ability of bacteria to cause […]

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