World's Toughest Bacterium Holds Promise for Rapid Vaccine Development Against Deadly Diseases
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have developed a new preparation method that renders a virus or bacterium non-infectious while preserving its immune-boosting ability after exposure to gamma radiation. A lethally irradiated vaccine was successfully tested in mice against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria by colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and holds promise for other such deadly diseases.