E. coli: The ideal transport for next-gen vaccines?
Most people recoil at the thought of ingesting E. coli. But what if the headline-grabbing bacteria could be used to fight disease?
Most people recoil at the thought of ingesting E. coli. But what if the headline-grabbing bacteria could be used to fight disease?
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 1, 2016
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Scientists have used the UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, to solve the structure of a key enzyme in Streptococcus pneumonia (the pneumococcus). These bacteria cause a range of respiratory infections, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 1, 2015
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Every ten seconds a human being dies from Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, also known as pneumococcus, making it a leading global killer.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2014
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A large-scale genetic and modelling study of Streptococcus pneumoniae has provided new insight into how recently-introduced vaccines have eliminated many strains from the species, and the diverse ways in which the remaining ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2017
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