Jun 3, 2021
Experimental vaccine forces bacteria down an evolutionary dead end
Posted by Jason Blain in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, genetics
The team says that the technique could be used to develop new vaccines against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and potentially even wipe out some dangerous strains in a similar way to how smallpox was eradicated.
Pathogens like bacteria and viruses are extremely good at evolving in response to drugs, which can render vaccines ineffective. But now, researchers at ETH Zurich have found a way to weaponize that ability against them, forcing the bugs down harmless evolutionary dead ends.
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