Researchers develop 'poisoned arrow' to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Published on June 4, 2020

A team of Princeton researchers reported in the journal Cell that they have found a compound, SCH-79797, that can simultaneously puncture bacterial walls and destroy folate within their cells—while being immune to antibiotic resistance. Princeton University

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