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A Chance Discovery May Have Finally Cracked the Antibiotic Resistance Puzzle (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/science@mander.xyz

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A global team has made a significant advance in understanding how bacterial plasmids contribute to antibiotic resistance.

Their findings reveal a complex mechanism involving the proteins KorB and KorA, which could lead to innovative treatments to weaken drug-resistant bacteria.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I highly doubt that

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, very overbaked headline. Even just going by the summary this is something that might be part of the puzzle in some cases.

PopSci press is usually cancer, I'd avoid websites like this.