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Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics
by ruth on September 20, 2006

"These findings are likely to enable the development of powerful new methods to build structural diversity into large ring systems that are a key component of many types of macrolide antibiotic molecules. This will provide yet another strategy to stay ahead of the emerging and persistent antibiotic resistance threat," Sherman said.
The researchers believe that bacterial cells may be manipulated such that new antibiotic-candidates may be produced within the cell. The study has been published in Nature Chemical Biology.
Read more from the Univ. of Minnesota News Release.
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