Rifamycin antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria with walls, not signals
Date: 24.8.2008
Amid concerns about the rising number of new tuberculosis cases worldwide, researchers led by Rockefeller University’s Seth A. Darst have reexamined and disproved a theory that describes how a potent class of **antibiotics** kills a deadly form of **bacteria**. The findings, which will appear in this week’s online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, not only bring scientists closer to understanding how these antibiotics work but also how the bacteria become resistant to their effects.
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