Developing novel antimicrobials by combining cancer chemotherapeutics with bacterial DNA repair inhibitors.

Cancer chemotherapeutics kill rapidly dividing cells, which includes cells of the immune system. The resulting neutropenia predisposes patients to infection, which delays treatment and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. To tackle this problem, we have isolated several compounds that inhibi...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Bernacchia, Arya Gupta, Antoine Paris, Alexandra A Moores, Neil M Kad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011875&type=printable