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Drug Resistance
UBC researchers find new superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal
April 10th, 2007
Imagine the desperation of trying to fight lethal infections when antibiotics fail to work. That scenario – commonly found with "hospital superbugs" – may well improve thanks to a discovery by a research team at the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with UBC spin-off company Inimex Pharmaceuticals, that has identified a peptide that can fight infection by boosting the body's own immune system. "Antibiotics are now under threat because of the explosion in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A third of all deaths on this planet are the result of infection so there is an urgent need to create new therapies," says Robert Hancock, principal...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2007-04-10)
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