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Research offers roadmap for more effective antibiotic treatments
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Antibiotics are designed to eliminate bacteria by disrupting processes tied to growth and division. Yet in many infections, a small subset of bacterial cells survives treatment and later reignites disease. This phenomenon, known as antibiotic persistence, is a major cause of treatment failur
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Scientists determine structure of key player in antibiotic resistance
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists have been searching for ways to shut down the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), a protein complex on the outer envelope of bacterial cells that helps them to exchange DNA with neighbouring bacteria an
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Study sheds light on how protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial ce
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], February 18 (ANI): Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemists have discovered the structure of a protein that can pump toxic molecules out of bacterial cells.
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Study targets mouse's own cells to treat pneumonia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents.
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