![]() And it's hard to genetically manipulate with the existing molecular biology toolkit. baumannii is relatively new on the scene, emerging as a problem in hospitals in the 1980s. Other researchers have shown that you can desiccate the bug for a year and when they added water, it was still able to infect mice," says Associate Professor Cain. "In the lab we can see this pathogen is very tough. Strangely, we don't know much about how it infects us. It's particularly tough, and it's one of the most resistant pathogens we encounter. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and other gram-negative bacteria have common pathways that give them antibiotic resistance. There are six superbugs that scare global health officials. ![]() "We hope that our paper will encourage researchers worldwide to refocus on developing drugs to fight this superbug, which is spreading through the world's hospitals, and killing already vulnerable people in intensive care units and other high-risk areas," says Associate Professor Cain, the senior author on the paper. The research is published in Nucleic Acids Research. When the protein is damaged, the bug loses its superpowers allowing it to be controlled, in a lab setting. They have found a single protein that acts as a master regulator. Ram Maharjan and Associate Professor Amy Cain, have discovered how the superbug can survive harsh environments and then rebound, causing deadly infections. Now, an international team, led by Macquarie University researchers Dr.
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