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Among the many fascinating topics Maryn McKenna covered in her book Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA was the possibility that a vaccine might someday be developed against this growing epidemic of antibiotic resistant staph.
Today, Maryn follows up with a terrific feature that appears in the prestigious Journal Nature, which focuses on Robert Daum, the founder of the University of Chicago's MRSA Research Center, and others who are in search of this as-yet elusive goal.
Follow the link to read:
Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA
For decades, Robert Daum has studied the havoc wreaked by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Now he thinks he can stop it for good.
01 February 2012
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