Biological warfare in bacteria offers hope for new antibiotics

Scientists are to study a group of proteins that are highly effective at killing bacteria and which could hold the key to developing new types of antibiotics.

The team, led by Professor Colin Kleanthous, from the University of York’s Department of Biology, will develop earlier research that suggests colicins use decoys to mimic key parts of the cells’ own protein machinery to evade their defences.

University of York