Nanotechnology gives insight into workings of antibiotics for fighting superbugs

Scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at University College London (UCL) are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA.

The researchers, led by Dr Rachel McKendry and Professor Gabriel Aeppli, developed ultra-sensitive probes capable of providing new insight into how antibiotics work, paving the way for the development of more effective new drugs.

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