Communication Breakdown: New Strategy May Be Valid Alternative To Traditional Antibiotics

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 08:28 in Health & Medicine

Certainly there is strength in numbers, but only if those numbers can effectively communicate with one another. Now, a new study finds that administration of a novel small molecule which effectively disrupts a key bacterial communication process protects an animal host from infection. The research may lead to more effective treatments for bacterial infection that won't encourage growth of treatment resistant bacteria.

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