Alzheimer’s disease drug may help fight against antibiotic resistance – Griffith News

An experimental Alzheimer’s disease treatment is proving effective at treating some of the most persistent, life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Researchers from Griffith University, The University of Queensland and The University of Melbourne have discovered that the drug called PBT2 is effective at disrupting and killing a class of bacteria known as Gram-negative bacteria that cause infections such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections and meningitis.
Griffith Universitys Professor Mark…

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