Promise of new antibiotics lies with shackling tiny toxic tetherballs to bacteria

(University of Texas at Austin) Biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a method for rapidly screening hundreds of thousands of potential drugs for fighting infections, an innovation that holds promise for combating the growing scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The method involves engineering bacteria to produce and test molecules that are potentially toxic to themselves.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news