A new antibiotic to combat drug-resistant bacteria is in sight.

[2greys]

"Since the 1960s, scientists have not succeeded in developing a new class of antibiotics effective against gram negative bacteria, but this could now be possible with the help of this peptide," said Prof. Till Schäberle from the Institute of Insect Biotechnology at JLU and project leader at the DZIF. His research group is involved in the discovery. The researchers use a screening, a classical approach from the natural product research. Thereby the team of Prof. Kim Lewis, Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), tested extracts of bacterial symbionts of insect-pathogenic nematodes to verify the activity against E. coli. Thus, the researchers were able to isolate a peptide that they have called Darobactin.

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[RoadRunner44]

I would just like to thank you 2greys for keeping abreast of such uplifting trials and research etcetera. It must take a lot of your time to do this and best of all you share it with us here on the forum. We are all on here because of our medical conditions and having news like this (and others you have posted previously brings hope for us and the future. My heartfelt thanks.

Sincerely, Chrys