'Poisoned arrow' defeats antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Poison is lethal all on its own -- as are arrows -- and together, they can take down the strongest opponents. A team of Princeton researchers have found an antibiotic that simultaneously punctures bacterial walls and destroys folate within their cells -- killing like a poisoned arrow -- while proving immune to antibiotic resistance.