Bacteria's Achilles heel uncovered by single molecule chemistry
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
Drug resistant bacteria are fast becoming one of the big worries of the 21 century. Now researchers have discovered a previously unknown weakness; an 'Achilles heel', of bacteria. Their discovery, a crucial step in bacteria's energy metabolism, may be the first step in developing an entirely novel form of antibiotics.