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ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News


'Programmable' antibiotic harnesses an enzyme to attack drug-resistant microbes

Posted: 05 Oct 2014 10:49 AM PDT

Conventional antibiotics are indiscriminate about what they kill, a trait that can lead to complications for patients and can contribute to the growing problems of antibiotic resistance. But a a 'programmable' antibiotic would selectively target only the bad bugs, particularly those harboring antibiotic resistance genes, and leave beneficial microbes alone.

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