antibiotic resistance

11.23.09

Chemical Additive to Antibiotics Could Make Them Newly Effective Against Resistant Bacteria

By Clay Dillow Posted 09.11.2009 at 9:54 am 10 Comments

Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem, not to mention an economic drain, for doctors and pharmaceutical makers trying to fight bacterial infections. Many antibiotics in our arsenal are becoming practically useless, as bacteria breed resistance to them. But researchers at Texas Tech University and Baylor University have developed a chemical additive that could make old drugs useful again.

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