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Drug resistant bacteria

New synthetic compound kills bacteria and stops mutation

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois developed a compound that targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them. Even better, the compound takes away the defense system that could allow the germs to mutate.

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