Gitai Lab Develops Poisoned Arrow to Take out Bacteria while Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Gitai Lab Develops Poisoned Arrow to Take out Bacteria while Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance

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A team of Princeton researchers led by Prof. Zemer Gitai have found an antibiotic that can simultaneously puncture bacterial walls and destroy folate within their cells -- taking out even monstrous bacteria with the effectiveness of a poisoned arrow -- while proving immune to antibiotic resistance. Authors on the new paper in Cell include Joseph Sheehan (left), Gabriel Moore (4th from left, in blue), Sophia Hsin-Jung Li (5th from left, in pink), James Martin (4th from right, in baseball cap), Zemer Gitai (2nd from right), and Benjamin Bratton (right), seen here on a pre-social-distancing walk across the Princeton campus.

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Courtesy of Zemer Gitai

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