Genetic study reveals easily-exploitable “chinks in the armor” of MRSA superbugs

Humans are currently locked in an arms race against pathogenic bacteria – and we're losing. After we developed antibiotics, starting with penicillin in the early 20th century, bacteria have evolved resistance to each new drug we created, threatening us with a future where antibiotics simply don't work anymore. Now scientists have identified the genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in a particularly dangerous superbug, and found a way to thwart them.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Antibiotic
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Bacteria
• Drug
• Drugs
• Genetics
• Genome
• Protein
• Superbugs
• University of Cambridge

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