Scientists make breakthrough in fight against superbugs
Friday, December 7th, 2007
British scientists have made a breakthrough in the fight against powerful superbugs by opening up new avenues of altering the molecular structure of antibiotics. The work was led by chemical biologist Dr Jason Micklefield in collaboration with geneticist Professor Colin Smith from The University of Manchester, using funding from the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC),