/PRNewswire/ In the United States alone, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost 3 million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics are.
Antibiotics are essential and effective treatments for many bacterial diseases. But in recent years, overuse has led to some bacteria developing resistance. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory used click chemistry to create new, shape-shifting antibiotics that can fight off several types of drug-resistant superbugs, including vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE).