By Michael Irving September 06, 2022 An artist’s impression of the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which produces a toxin that’s been found to target the RNA of competing bacteria Depositphotos Scientists at McMaster University have identified a toxin used by bacteria to kill other bacteria through a never-before-seen mechanism. The toxin is the first found to...
These molecular machines have also proven effective at killing bacteria through tests on real infections. Rice University chemist James Tour and his team successfully tested six variants of molecular machines. All of them punched holes in the membranes of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria in as little as two minutes. Resistance was futile for bacteria that...
By Ben Coxworth May 11, 2021 The technology is currently being commercialized by Chalmers spinoff company Amferia Anna-Lena Lundqvist It’s no secret that the more we use antibiotics, the greater the chances that bacteria will develop a resistance to them. A new antibacterial wound dressing is designed to get around that problem, by using proteins...
A promising clinical candidate in the fight against antimicrobial resistance MCMASTER UNIVERSITY Hamilton, ON (February 12, 2020) – A new group of antibiotics with a unique approach to attacking bacteria has been discovered, making it a promising clinical candidate in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The newly-found corbomycin and the lesser-known complestatin have a never-before-seen...
