Monday, December 2, 2013

Nano-Sponges as a vaccine against MRSA


Engineers from UC San Diego have developed a kind of "vaccine sponge" which soaks up the toxins from MRSA, allowing the body to create antibodies that actually go after the toxin itself. This is a huge breakthrough, making otherwise lethal doses of the toxin manageable. You can read more about the nano-sponges here:

http://scitechdaily.com/nanoengineers-develop-nanosponge-vaccine-fight-mrsa-toxins/

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