University of Iowa researchers say new staph infection vaccine could bring the flu death rate down to near zero

[Emily]

http://thegazette.com/2013/12/30/uni...ction-vaccine/

Updated: 30 December 2013 | 6:00 pm in Diseases, Health, Higher Education, Local News
University of Iowa researchers develop new staph infection vaccine
Next step will be to approach FDA; researchers hope vaccine will be available in two years
- See more at: http://thegazette.com/2013/12/30/uni....W4lGhPyW.dpuf

[gsgs]

Re: University of Iowa researchers say new staph infection vaccine could bring the flu death rate down to near zero

you can vaccinate against toxins ?
Schlievert Carver

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC281656/

patents: http://patents.justia.com/inventor/patrick-m-schlievert

NIH gives it only 33$ priority

http://www.microbemagazine.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6236:nih-center-for-scientific-review-csr&catid=1192&Itemid=1440

I'd like to hear independent expert opinions, the researchers themselves are
often overly optimistic, don't say what they really think, you can't know.

[Emily]

Re: University of Iowa researchers say new staph infection vaccine could bring the flu death rate down to near zero

you can vaccinate against toxins ?

Apparently they do. I didn't realize this until recently.

http://www.chop.edu/service/vaccine-...ines-made.html

Some bacteria cause disease by making a harmful protein called a toxin. Several vaccines are made by taking toxins and inactivating them with a chemical (the toxin, once inactivated, is called a toxoid). By inactivating the toxin, it no longer causes harm. The diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines are made this way.