New vaccines can fight common infections

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A newly developed vaccine that can fight staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a series of deadly infections and is resisting many antibiotics, according to US researchers on October 31.

Dr. Olaf Schneewind of the University of Chicago (USA) and colleagues created a vaccine that combines four proteins that form Staphylococcus aureus. Writing in the Journal of the National Academy of Sciences methods, the researchers said they tested 19 different proteins found in Staphylococcus aureus and selected four proteins that could stimulate multiple immune responses. most places in mice.

Scientists say they tested using five different strains of Staphylococcus aureus that cause inflammation in humans and found that the new vaccine has a significant ability against all strains of the bacteria.

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