Approach to combat antibiotic resistance turns bacterium’s genes against it (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Approach to combat antibiotic resistance turns bacterium’s genes against it

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Richard Lee, PhD, St. Jude Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics engineered a modified florfenicol antibiotic that exploits Mycobacterium abscessus’s own resistance mechanisms, enhancing drug effectiveness while minimizing toxicity and microbiome disruption.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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