New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium’s “Golden Armor,” Making It Vulnerable To Treatment
Researchers have exploited a structural vulnerability in the “superbug” Staphylococcus aureus that in laboratory experiments and a mouse study opened the bacterium to treatment with an anti-cholesterol medication. This follows the 2005 discovery that a pigment provides a “golden armor” that enables staph to evade the immune system. An article published Feb.
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Filed under: Cholesterol on February 19th, 2008