'New weapon' against antimicrobial from synthetic sugar

Experts from the University of Queensland (Australia) have found a group of synthetic sugars that can bind and destroy bacterial cell walls, opening up the ability to create a new drug that bacteria cannot resist.

"New weapon" anti-bacterial

According to UPI news agency, the researchers say bacteria cannot develop their own resistance to drugs based on sugar.

When greasy super bacteria with antibiotics, scientists try to find new weapons from the synthetic line - (Photo: Shutterstock)

'Bacteria have cell walls similar to walls, but instead of mortar, these walls are joined together with sugar polymers,' said Matt Cooper, director of the IMB Center for Microbial Solutions. Queensland study, said.

' But if you add our modified sugar molecules, they will stop the bonding process, destroy the cell wall and kill bacteria, ' Matt said.

Researchers have looked at hundreds of sugar molecules produced by biotech firm Alchemia in search of molecules that can kill bacteria but do not harm humans, according to the doctor.

JohannesZuegg belongs to IMB Center. The compounds that researchers created from sugar have been demonstrated by experiments inside the body to kill bacteria but do not harm other cells.

The research results have been published in the Nature Communications journal.