drug resistance
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Structural analysis of the herpes simplex virus polymerase revealed that mutations affecting its drug binding and flexibility may drive treatment resistance.
| 3 min read
Plectasin forms dense structures on bacterial membranes by binding to unique lipids in bacterial cell walls.
| 8 min read
Biofilms render most antibiotics ineffective, but ultrasound may be the key to clearing these chronic infections.
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Organic molecules with novel biological properties offer new ways to eliminate multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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Could the solution to antibiotic resistance already have been discovered? Microbiologists and historians probe medieval and ancient texts to find out.
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Insect wings contain micropillars that kill harmful microbes. Researchers designed a similar titanium surface to prevent fungal infections on medical devices.
| 3 min read
Fully synthetic approaches expand the repertoire of possible antimicrobials to overcome existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
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The physical arrangement of cells within a biofilm significantly influences bacteria’s access to nutrients and may affect antibiotic susceptibility.
| 8 min read
One of the most common bacterial infections, urinary tract infections, may have promising new therapeutics on the way.
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Many species of amoebae naturally bust open biofilms to eat the bacteria inside. Now, scientists are mining these microbial predators for new antibiotics.
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