New Target For Tailored Antibiotics Discovered

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:28 in Health & Medicine

More and more strains of bacteria are developing resistance to previously life-saving antibiotics. Researchers have now shed light on a metabolic step that appears in many aggressive microorganisms -- such as tuberculosis and malaria pathogens -- and that may provide a promising target for a new class of antibiotics.

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