Vancomycin Modified To Vanquish Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 17:31
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have devised a new antibiotic based on vancomycin that is effective against vancomycin-resistant strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other disease-causing bacteria. The new vancomycin analog appears to have not one but two distinct mechanisms of anti-microbial action, against which bacteria probably cannot evolve resistance quickly. read more