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.