New vaccine concept tackles harmful bacteria in the intestine

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Source: NIAID

Scientists have demonstrated how highly effective oral vaccinations can be formulated against intestinal pathogens by not only administering the vaccine but also combining it with harmless bacteria that compete with the pathogenic microbes for food and therefore starve them out.

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