World's toughest bacterium holds promise for rapid vaccine development against deadly diseases

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 21:00 in Health & Medicine

Scientists 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 and holds promise for other such deadly diseases.

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