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

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