mycobacterium - Synthetic Biology

Unvaccinated rhesus monkeys showed severe signs of lung inflammation and disease after infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis (warm colors indicate inflammation and disease, bottom row), while rhesus monkeys that received the intravenous vaccine (middle row) had equal or even better protection against infection than those immunized with the standard BCG vaccine (top row)

Modification of built-in kill switch of Mycobacterium to enhance safety of tuberculosis vaccine

gshworld2 weeks ago2 weeks ago010 mins

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes chronic lung infections through the air, and the problem of drug resistance makes treatment more difficult….

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