Why isn’t there a vaccine for staph?

Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 11:10 in Health & Medicine

Staph bacteria, the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin infections, are most feared for the drug-resistant strains that have become a serious threat to public health. Attempts to develop a vaccine against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have failed to outsmart the superbug’s ubiquity and adaptability to antibiotics. Now, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in … Continue reading Why isn’t there a vaccine for staph?

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