Broad Audience Title
Using Bacteria to Beat Infections
Scientific Title
Evolution of Colicins and Implications for Killing Activity
Biomedicine/Biosystems
2021
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Executive Summary
We use antibiotics to treat infections, but antibiotics are becoming less effective as infections are finding ways to outsmart them. This podcast describes one exciting possible solution: using special proteins produced by bacteria, called bacteriocins, to kill infections. We will discuss what bacteriocins are, and why they may be a promising alternative to antibiotics.
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Problem Keywords
antibiotic resistance
bacteria
infection
Scientific Keywords
bacteriocin
colicin
antimicrobial peptide
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