Targeting iron uptake to create a new class of antibiotics against UTIs

At least half of all women will have a urinary tract infection during their lifetimes, and many of the infections -- which have increasingly become resistant to a wide array of antibiotics -- recur. Now, researchers report early progress toward developing a new class of antibiotics that would fight these infections by starving the causative bacteria of iron.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817104317.htm