That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective at killing both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, along ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

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Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster ...

The last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market was nearly three decades ago—but that could soon change, thanks ...

and it also works well in an animal model of infection. Wright and his team are now laser-focused on finding ways to modify the molecule and produce it in quantities large enough to allow for ...

A new molecule, lariocidin, offers hope in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, killing drug-resistant bacteria with a ...

and it also works well in an animal model of infection. Wright and his team are now laser-focused on finding ways to modify the molecule and produce it in quantities large enough to allow for ...