Closing Gaps in Health and Care

  • UIUC-developed antibiotic targets only gram-negative bacteria, sparing the gut

    Jun 17, 2024 2:15 pm
    A diagram of a lolamicin molecule

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    • A diagram of a lolamicin molecule

    A team led by Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has discovered a new antibiotic that exclusively targets gram-negative bacteria and avoids wiping out the ecosystem of other microbes that flourishes in the gut.