New Strategies to Combat Drug Resistant Bacterial Infections
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Organization
UNC - Greensboro
Award Date
Award Amount
100,000
Program Name
Biotechnology Research Grant
Program Category
Research and Equipment Support
Principal Investigator
Nicholas Oberlies
Fiscal Year
2015
Region
Piedmont
Project Description:
Researchers will seek new drug leads to combat serious antibiotic resistant bacterial (MRSA) infections from a collection of hundreds of fungal cultures. Instead of looking for new antibiotics to which resistance can develop rapidly, the researchers will take a novel approach and pursue leads that make MRSA less virulent (i.e. less toxic), such that the patient can clear the infection.