Not exact matches
The letter, which is also signed by chief pharmaceutical officer Dr Keith Ridge, stated: «
Gonorrhoea has rapidly acquired resistance to
new antibiotics, leaving few alternatives to the current recommendations.
«That's further evidence that BamE may be a
new vaccine target against N.
gonorrhoeae,» Sikora said.
Now, a
new study reported this month in mBio shows that rather than using sperm as a surfboard, N.
gonorrhoeae bacteria shoot cables — called pili — onto proteins in the semen to tow themselves through coital liquid.