Discover magazine placed Michigan State University (MSU) researcher A. Mahdi Saeed’s vaccine development for a strain of E. coli on its list of top stories in 2009.
According to excerpts from the article:
Saeed, professor of epidemiology and infectious disease in MSU's colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Human Medicine, has studied enterotoxigenic E. Coli — which is responsible for 60 percent to 70 percent of all E. coli diarrheal disease — for 25 years. The disease also causes health problems for U.S. troops serving overseas and is responsible for what is commonly called traveler's diarrhea.
"A working vaccine has the potential to save millions of lives," said Saeed, who hopes human clinical trials will begin in early 2010. "This strain of E. coli has a huge impact on humanity."
As part of its year-end issue on newsstands now, Discover magazine
counted down 100 of the year's top stories; Saeed's work on the vaccine
came in at No. 36. Other featured stories include one on tropical heat
speeding up evolution and another on the Hubble Space Telescope's new
abilities.
Read the entire article here.
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