Two antibiotics fight bacteria differently than thought

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Two widely prescribed antibiotics -- chloramphenicol and linezolid -- may fight bacteria in a different way from what scientists and doctors thought for years, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found. Instead of indiscriminately stopping protein synthesis, the drugs put the brakes on the protein synthesis machinery only at specific locations in the gene.

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news