Researchers recently uncovered how bacteria can withstand antibiotic treatment.
Here are seven notes:
1. The new discovery allows scientists the opportunity to improve treatment methods for infectious diseases.
2. Jan Michiels of KU Leuven, co-senior study author, states their findings suggest the combination of antibiotic treatment and therapy targeting the novel persistence pathway would be most beneficial for patients.
3. The combination would enhance patient responses to antibiotic treatment while also truncating antibiotic therapy duration.
4. Some bacteria are able to survive antibiotic treatment revealing various species of bacterial have an active common mechanism to produce persisters.
5. Mr. Michiels states Obg, molecular action pertinent to major cellular processes in different species of bacteria, could be a prime target for the development of novel therapeutics against infectious diseases.
6. These bacterial cells, named persisters, respond to antibiotic treatment and other adverse conditions by Obg.
7. Researchers aim to answer questions regarding bacterial antibiotic resistance in order to develop better therapies to fight bacterial infections.
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