Investigators figure out how to block new antibiotic resistance gene

(American Society for Microbiology) A new antimicrobial-resistance gene, VCC-1, a ß -lactamase gene, has been discovered in benign close relatives of virulent Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera. Now, a team of Canadian researchers has found a way to block the VCC-1 enzyme, which disables that resistance gene.
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