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ARTICLE | Distillery Therapeutics

Treating carbapenem-resistant bacteria with the insect-derived thanatin

August 22, 2019 7:04 PM UTC

INDICATION: Gram-negative bacterial infection; EscherichiaThanatin, a 21-residue insect peptide, could treat infections by Gram-negative bacteria producing the β-lactamase NDM-1. Thanatin reduced the ...