Lifeline for ‘Antibiotic of Last Resort': Mechanism That Triggers Resistance to Vancomycin Identified, McMaster University Study

ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2010) — A new study led by the scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research has uncovered for the first time how bacteria recognize and develop resistance to a powerful antibiotic used to treat superbug infections.

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