Team Develops New Weapon To Fight Disease-Causing Bacteria, Malaria

Researchers report that they have discovered - and now know how to exploit - an unusual chemical reaction mechanism that allows malaria parasites and many disease-causing bacteria to survive. The research team, from the University of Illinois, also has developed the first potent inhibitor of this chemical reaction. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

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