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Gaining Ground In The Race Against Antibiotic Resistance

23rd Sep 2005, 08:09 GMT

Antibiotic resistance puts humans in an escalating "arms race" with bacteria, as scientists try to develop new antibiotics faster than the bacteria can evolve new resistance strategies. Now researchers are reproducing in the lab the natural evolution of the bacterial enzymes that confer resistance, which could give drug designers a sneak peek at the next generation of resistance.

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