Saturday, October 18, 2008

New Antibiotic Candidates From Braunschweig (Germany)

Mode of action of HZI natural products elucidated substances also act against bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics A group of antibiotic natural products discovered at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig points out a new mode of action against pathogenic bacteria. Isolated from myxobacteria, the substances prevent an enzym of the pathogens from being able to translate their genetic material. More at...

Despite continuing improvements in overall delivery of care to critically injured patients, many trauma victims who survive their initial injury will often die of multiple-organ failure following an operation. In a study presented at the 2008 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Bryan A. More at...

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