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Doctors target germs’ ability to cluster (AP)

December 31st, 2007 by Yahoo! News: Health News

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Matt Redinbo, professor of chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, holds a bacterial enzyme that he is trying to inhibit to kill drug-resistant microbes, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes. Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quietly in the body until there's a large enough group to begin an attack. This is the next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. Instead of trying to directly kill germs, the new goal is to disable bacteria's ability to sicken in the first place — by busting up the germ gangs. (AP Photo/Jonathan Fredin)AP – Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes. Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quietly in the body until there’s a large enough group to begin an attack. This is the next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. The idea: Don’t just try to kill bacteria. The bugs will always find a way to thwart the next antibiotic.


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