Targeted Antibiotics: A New Approach to Fighting Bacteria

On today’s episode: Evolution may not be quite as random as we thought. A new drug is being developed to help deal with the problem of antibiotic resistance. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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• Blue Whale Size Comparison
• Evolution is not as random as previously thought, finds a new study - University of Nottingham
• Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole new class of drugs
• A novel antibiotic class targeting the lipopolysaccharide transporter | Nature
• A new antibiotic traps lipopolysaccharide in its intermembrane transporter | Nature
• How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? | YouTube
• Overview of Gram-Negative Bacteria
• Gram-negative bacteria | Wikipedia
• WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

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