New Approach To Antibiotic Resistance: Use Bacterial Byproducts To Make Them More Vulnerable

Antibiotics Work Better When Germs Self-Destruct by John Sullivan.  Futurity.  March 25, 2013.

The serious situation arising from bacterial resistance to antibiotics has prompted new approaches.  This article focuses on the work of a Princeton University professor who has seen an opportunity to exploit a  class of molecules normally produced during growth.  Increasing the amount of this substance may kill the bacteria on its own or may make it more vulnerable to antibiotics