New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois have developed a smart new synthetic compound that not only targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them, but the new antibiotic takes away the germs' most potent defense - the mutation that could provide new resistance will also kill them, leaving no escape.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news151779945.html">New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois have developed a smart new synthetic compound that not only targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them, but the new antibiotic takes away the germs' most potent defense - the mutation that could provide new resistance will also kill them, leaving no escape.</p>