New ways to fight bacteria
Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 12:14
in Biology & Nature
As bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, researchers look for weapons in viruses, pharmabiotics, frog skins, cockroach brains, the human immune system and disarming compounds.Doctors and infectious bacteria are locked in an arms race. In this ever-escalating battle, the bacteria evolve ways to avoid every drug humans throw at them.