New drug uses immune system to wipe out deadly bacteria
by Layal Liverpool from Science | The Guardian on (#3TB58)
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are among those targeted by new 'immunobiotic'
Scientists have created a new drug that hunts down and eliminates deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria by engaging the body's natural defences.
Researchers at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania fused part of an existing antibiotic with a molecule that attracts antibodies unleashed by the immune system to fight invaders such as bacteria.
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