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Genomics empowers vaccine makers to tackle shapeshifting bacteria
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Genomics empowers vaccine makers to tackle shapeshifting bacteria

by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A pioneering genomic surveillance study has provided the clearest picture yet of the arms race between Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacterium responsible for a range of illnesses such as pneumonia and meningitis, and the vaccines designed to protect against the most dominant types. A strain called GPSC10 was...