The Medical Freedom Channel

“Scientists are working on a vaccine against drug-resistant staph bacteria such as MRSA. MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It resists treatment with many antibiotics. MRSA infections are rising worldwide. It often infects the skin but can also infect the blood, lungs, urinary tract, and other parts of the body. University of Chicago scientists are targeting staph bacteria — including MRSA — with an experimental vaccine. The vaccine team includes graduate student Yukiko Stranger-Jones and Olaf Schneewind, MD, PhD, of the university’s microbiology department. They describe their early vaccine tests on mice in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.” (10/31/06)