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Goodbye UTIs: Duke scientists develop vaccine strategy for urinary tract infections – EurekAlert
Duke researchers describe a new vaccination strategy that they think could re-program the body to fight off the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections.
IMAGE: Immune cells (green) infiltrating the bladder lining (red) to fight off invading bacteria. Blue areas are nuclei of other bladder tissue cells
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Credit: Duke Health
DURHAM, N.C. – Anyone who has ever developed a urinary tract infection (UTI) knows that it can be painful, pesky and persistent. UTIs have a high recurrence rate and primarily afflict women — as many as 50% of women will experience at least one UTI during their lifetime.
However, what if patients could take a vaccine…
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