Sentences with phrase «work against bacterial infections»

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«As a result of studying these proteins, we discovered novel structures that turn out to work very well against bacterial infections, including the complicated bacterial populations in lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.»

«This is quite good and convincing work that confirms host defense activity of amyloid - β against fungal and bacterial infections in animal models, and begins to unravel the mechanisms of antimicrobial activity of the protein,» said Kevan Hartshorn who studies innate immunity at the Boston University School of Medicine and was not involved in the study.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine, and is the recipient of the 2009 Robert Koch Award, from the Robert Koch Foundation, in recognition of his groundbreaking research work into the mechanisms of defense against bacterial infection.

And yes, some natural antibiotics are even effective against viruses too, unlike drug based antibiotics which only work for bacterial infections.