Vaccine for urinary tract infections is one step closer

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine that could prevent a majority of urinary tract infections, which are caused by E. coli bacteria. The researchers studied how bacteria operate in human hosts and discovered key differences between how E. coli genes behave in women and how they behave in mice used in experiments.

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