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Repurposed Alzheimer drug proves effective in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Aussie research – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
SYDNEY, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — To fight the ever-growing threat from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Australian researchers developed a therapy containing a repurposed experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug, successfully killing some of the most difficult to treat superbugs.
Released on Thursday, the study, conducted by researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), the University of Melbourne, and the Griffith University in Australia, used a metal transporting property of the drug called PBT2 to…
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