People have already been looking for weak points of resistant pathogens, but they do it in the absence of susceptible ones. (sciencedaily.com)
But resistance often comes with a cost, and drug - resistant pathogens often do not acquire certain resources as efficiently as other pathogens, or they may require more of the resource. (sciencedaily.com)
The breakthrough is another major step forward on the journey to develop a commercially viable drug version based on teixobactin — a natural antibiotic discovered by US scientists in soil samples in 2015 which has been heralded as a «gamechanger» in the battle against antibiotic resistant pathogens such as MRSA and VRE. (sciencedaily.com)