Tuesday 30 September 2014

New Approach Discovered to Beat Tuberculosis

Scientists from Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with new strategies in order to beat tuberculosis. Over the past few years, a class of compounds called ADEPs had emerged as a promising new weapon in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. The compounds work by attaching themselves to a cellular enzyme called ClpP, which bacterial cells use to rid themselves of harmful proteins. With an ADEP attached, ClpP can't function ...

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