Natural and mimetic vesicles to elicit a potent innate immune response against MRSA infection

• Main Author: Ong, Samuel Vernon Jing Heng
• Other Authors: Czarny Bertrand Marcel Stanislas
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Staphylococcus aureus; Bacterial membrane vesicles; Mimetic vesicles; Macrophage activation; qPCR
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176160
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus or SA) is a widespread bacterial pathogen that can cause serious infections that can lead to life-threatening conditions. Methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) is a strain of SA that has generated resistance to front-line antibiotics and is significantly harder to treat du...