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Published online 6 September 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070903-14
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Radicals unite antibiotics
Drugs that target different pathways share a way to kill bacteria.
The discovery of a common mode of killing shared by different types of antibiotic could lead to the creation of superdrugs, researchers suggest.
Antibiotics are known to attack different vital processes in bacteria.
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