Designing self-destructing bacteria to make effective tuberculosis vaccines

Published on February 25, 2025

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers have developed two strains of mycobacteria with 'kill switches' that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an immune response.

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