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New antibiotics will prevent bacterial resistanceNews reports: Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed novel antibiotics that are more effective than conventional drugs in fighting bacteria. The substance they developed melts the germ's cell surface rapidly, preventing it from producing a new generation of bugs that have adapted to the medicine. But it may be a decade before the discovery is put into use.
The reason for growing bacterial resistance is that existing antibiotic strains attack only certain "targets" in the germ, leaving active remnants. The next generation of germs receives the information from the injured ones and mutates, rendering the antibiotic ineffective. The main damage is caused by the wrong use of antibiotics. If the entire dose is not consumed, germs remain in the body and quickly learn how to become resistant to the substance
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