Maiken Engelbrecht Petersen1, Liva Kjær Hansen1, Alexander Alexandrovich Mitkin1

  • 1Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

概括

研究人员开发了一种简单的测试方法,以找到针对持久细胞的新抗生素,这些细胞是导致感染复发的不生长细菌. 他们确定了7种对这些有弹性的细菌有活性的化合物,为新型抗菌疗法铺平了道路.

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