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Article: Researchers Discover Novel Way To Kill Bacteria.
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- TB & Outbreaks Week
- Article date:
- April 3, 2001
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2001 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
Researchers at The Rockefeller University, New York, have discovered a powerful new way to destroy on contact the bacteria that cause strep throat, flesh-eating disease, and a variety of other infections.
The technique, which may not cause the bacteria to evolve resistant strains as antibiotics do, also could have applications for many other bacterial diseases. The findings are reported in the March 20, 2001, issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The new method uses enzymes produced by bacteriophages, tiny viruses that infect bacterial cells, make copies of themselves, and then exit ...