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Oppilotech’s model finds new targets for Gram-negative antibiotic potentiators
June 1, 2018 10:11 PM UTC
Oppilotech Ltd. is using computational modeling to develop first-in-class compounds that can permeate the lipopolysaccharide layer of the outer cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria to potentiate existing antibiotics.
Marketed polymyxins are used to disrupt the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to treat Gram-negative infections, but they have neurotoxic and nephrotoxic side effects that limit use to last resort cases. ...
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