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US 2014/0234369 A1Published application
Live-attenuated compositions for bacterial infections
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsDavid Klumpp, Anthony Schaeffer, Benjamin Billips
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for disease treatment and prevention through administration of a live attenuated composition. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of urinary tract infection by administration of a live attenuated compositions lacking O-antigen ligase activity.
Claims7
A composition comprising a live attenuated bacterial strain with a non-functional or deleted waal gene such that said live attenuated bacterial strain is lacking O-antigen ligase function.
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