Heidi Splete November 05, 2024 016 A new vaccine using mRNA technology protected against first-time and relapsing Clostridioides difficile infection in animal models, according to a press release from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In a study published in Science, an mRNA vaccine induced robust antibody responses in mice with C difficile, allowing them not only to...
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Metabolite therapy proves effective in treating C. difficile in mice
This photograph depicts Clostridium difficile colonies after 48hrs growth on a blood agar plate; Magnified 4.8X. C. difficile, an anaerobic gram-positive rod, is the most frequently identified cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). …more A team of UCLA researchers found that a metabolite therapy was effective in mice for treating a serious infection of the colon known...