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Engineered vesicles protect brain from bacterial toxin
Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly.
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet created tiny biological vesicles that can capture bacterial toxins. In animal studies, the vesicles protected neurons, reduced inflammation, and delayed disease progression in models of bacterial meningitis. The work was published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.
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