UmeåBlocking one transport system makes resistance collapse.
It could revive cheap old antibiotics where newer drugs are unaffordable.
Slowing transport of wall-building blocks stops bacteria from rebuilding faster than drugs damage them.
Umeå researchers say the transport protein is now a target for new drug design.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- identifies mechanistic pathway (GdpP/c-di-AMP/C55-P) where resistance traits force bacteria into vulnerability to existing antibiotics
Sources: Phys.org