A natural product called dephostatin is an effective partner for the antibiotic colistin in treating infections caused by the bacteria Salmonella.
Brian Coombes is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, and he was appointed chair of the department in January 2018.
Comparing two strains of Salmonella researchers discovered a covert way that the human-affecting bacteria essentially tricks the immune system into not attacking.
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