Oak Ridge lab research may lead to drugs that fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
March 12, 2018 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated March 12, 2018 at 1:57 a.m.
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The Knoxville News Sentinel
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest U.S. Department of Energy science and energy laboratory. ORNL's diverse capabilities span a broad range of science and engineering disciplines, enabling the laboratory to explore fundamental science challenges and to carry out the research needed to accelerate delivery of solutions to the marketplace. (Photos courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists' enzyme research may lead to drugs that will combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
ORNL has found that antibiotics confronting super-resistant bacteria start to self-destruct before enzymes defending the bacteria even get hold of them.
Scientists Patricia Langan, Kevin Weiss and Leighton Coates have been examining how the enzyme beta-lactamase makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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