Vaccine for Urinary Tract Infections may Soon be a Reality

by Sreeraman on  September 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM Drug News
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If the robust immunity achieved in mice can be reproduced in humans, it could be the first ever vaccine for urinary tract infections.

Most of the strains produce the same iron-related proteins that can be vaccine targets, an encouraging sign that the vaccine could work against many urinary tract infections.

The findings are published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.

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