Gentle approach could cripple drug-resistant bugs

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Taking a softly, softly approach to wiping out infection might be the way to beat the evolution of drug resistance in bacteria.

This new technique involves blocking the tularaemia bacterium's ability to sense human hormones. Although testing in human subjects is at least five years off, the bacteria's ability to kill mice was "crippled" by the alterations.

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