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Development of Novel Antibiotic Agents to Treat Drug-Resistant Microorganisms

Project ID: D2015-58 Invention Description: The expanding populations of microbes that have developed resistance to many of the available antibiotics require new drugs which can act through novel mechanisms to thwart this increasing resistance. Our technology provides the basis for development of selective drugs that can function through a novel...

Anti-Infective Antibacterial Agents against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and other Mycobacterium Species

Project ID: D2016-53 Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an acid-fast gram-positive bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). TB ranks first for the number of deaths in humans caused by an infectious agent. It has been difficult to eradicate TB even though the infection is treatable. Treatment for TB takes at least 6 months and, sometimes, up...