Research Could Lead To New Non-antibiotic Drugs To Counter Hospital Infections
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research. The findings could lead to new drugs that would disarm the increasingly antibiotic-resistant pathogen rather than attempting to kill it.
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