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March 7, 1994 8:00 AM UTC

The Vancouver company announced that its lead antimicrobial enhancer compound evades antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including resistant strains of Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus.

Enhancers kill microbes by physically disrupting the positively charged molecules that hold microbial cell walls together. They can also enhance the action of available antibiotics by facilitating entry through the cell wall. ...