Bacteria crave iron. Our bodies try to keep iron from them. This antibiotic is bound to iron and bacteria gobble it up, only to be killed.
New ‘Trojan horse’ antibiotic promisingIt uses a clever trick to sneak inside bacteria in order to kill the bugs.
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