Researchers Develop Method of Restoring Antibiotic Sensitivity to Possibly Fight Superbugs

Researchers in Israel have developed a method of restoring antibiotic sensitivity, which could help fight hospital superbugs, according to research published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Researchers were able to restore antibiotic sensitivity by reversing pathogen resistance through a process called lysogenization. Through this process, researchers relied on bacteriophages to invade antibiotic-resistant bacteria and then isolate and engineer those cultures to reverse antibiotic sensitivity.

 



Proposed broad usage of lysogenization could "potentially change the nature of nosocomial infections toward being more susceptible to antibiotics rather than more resistant," the authors said.

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