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Antibiotic Research
Resistance may occur in bacteria if innate antibiotic proteins are used
September 1st, 2003
There may be a risk involved in use of innate antibiotic molecules against bacterial infection. According to a study from Canada, "A remarkable range of novel antibiotics is attracting increasing interest as a major new weapon in the campaign against bacterial infection. "They are based on the toxic peptides that provide the innate immune system of animals, and it is claimed that bacteria will be unable to evolve resistance to them because they attack the Achilles' heel of bacterial membrane structure," wrote G. Bell and coauthors. The researchers concluded: "Both experimental evidence and theoretical arguments suggest that this...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2003-09-01)
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