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100 Million Times More Difficult: Revolutionary Dual Action Antibiotic Makes Bacterial Resistance Nearly Impossible
A groundbreaking study from the University of Illinois Chicago unveils macrolones, a new type of antibiotic that targets bacteria in two ways, drastically reducing the potential for resistance and marking a significant step forward in infectious disease treatment. A newly discovered antibiotic, w
A groundbreaking study from the University of Illinois Chicago unveils macrolones, a new type of antibiotic that targets bacteria in two ways, drastically reducing the potential for resistance and marking a significant step forward in infectious disease treatment. A newly discovered antibiotic, which targets two different cellular mechanisms, could make it 100 million times harder for bacteria to develop resistance, according to recent research from the University of Illinois Chicago. Reference: “Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms” by Elena V. Aleksandrova, Cong-Xuan Ma, Dorota Klepacki, Faezeh Alizadeh, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Jian-Hua Liang, Yury S. Polikanov and Alexander S. Mankin, 22 July 2024, Nature Chemical Biology.
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