TWiM describes the mechanism for the S. aureus itch and scratch induced skin damage, and discovery of a novel class of antibiotics that targets the lipopolysaccharide transporter.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson
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Links for this episode:
- S. aureus drives itch and scratch behavior (Cell)
- Staph scratches its itch (Cell)
- A new class of antibiotics (Nature)
- A new type of antibiotic (Nature)
- Novel antibiotic targets LPS transporter (Nature)
- New antibiotic traps LPS (Nature)
- Macrocyclic peptide drugs (Science)
Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees.
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