Yale scientists using bits of material from the human immune system have developed a compound that can neutralize or kill several varieties of drug-resistant and other dangerous bacteria. Drug-resistant bacteria are an increasing risk to the health of the world’s population. The new compound’s ability to kill bacteria in the lab also is promising as a new treatment for infectious diseases.
“The compound is effective in concentrations currently used in drugs and hopefully can be used to combat infectious diseases as well as drug-resistant organisms,” said Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, professor of chemistry, Nobel laureate and senior author of the study.
The research is published the week of Sept. 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Yale scientists using bits of material from the human immune system have developed a compound that can neutralize or kill several varieties of drug-resistant and other dangerous bacteria. Drug-resistant bacteria are an increasing risk to the health of the world’s population. The new compound’s ability to kill bacteria in the lab also is promising as a new treatment for infectious diseases.
“The compound is effective in concentrations currently used in drugs and hopefully can be used to combat infectious diseases as well as drug-resistant organisms,” said Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, professor of chemistry, Nobel laureate and senior author of the study.
The research is published the week of Sept. 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.