Bacteria shown to suppress their antibiotic-resistant cousins
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers studying a dangerous type of bacteria have discovered that the bacteria have the ability to block both their own growth and the growth of their antibiotic-resistant mutants. The discovery might lead to better ways to fight a class of bacteria that have contributed to a growing public health crisis by becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotic treatments.