150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data

Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine. Having more than 150 non-human primates at a research center fall ill with diarrhea in a stomach-churning outbreak that flowed for over two years doesn’t sound much like good fortune. But for some scientists, it kind of was, providing a heaping pile of valuable data on how they might finally defeat a foul foe [1].

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1. arstechnica.com · 150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data Sep 3, 2026

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