Revealed new target for development of antibiotics aimed at highly resistant bacteria

(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Research for new treatment against resistant pathogens is one of the most important branches of the pharmaceutical industry -- in USA medical literature, there is a record of one bacillus-type bacteria resistant to 26 different antibiotics. Brazilian and French scientists show that inhibiting the interaction of two key proteins for cell wall elongation can be an effective strategy to kill bacteria of the bacillus type.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news