Interrupting death messages to treat bone disease

Monday, September 6, 2010 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

A surface molecule on bacteria that instructs bone cells to die could be the target for new treatments for bone disease, says a scientist. Blocking the death signal from bacteria could be a way of treating painful bone infections that are resistant to antibiotics, such as those caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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