6 years ago
Beating bacteria – looking beyond antibiotics
The standard treatment for a serious bacterial infection is a dose of antibiotics, which slow or halt the infection by hindering critical cellular processes within the bacteria. However, some bacteria have evolved devious mechanisms to protect themselves against antibiotics, for instance by producing enzymes that can destroy the antibiotic molecules, or by making themselves less permeable to the antibiotic.
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