Lysin therapy offers new hope for fighting drug-resistant bacteria
Monday, February 4, 2019 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Humans are in a constant arms race with infectious bacteria. To kill these disease microbes, we develop powerful antibiotics; and in turn, the bacteria develop resistance against these drugs. So we enhance our antibiotics, and the bacteria enhance themselves accordingly—resulting in so-called superbugs. Increasingly, medications fail to eliminate these highly adapted bacteria, leaving our bodies dangerously defenseless.