Next Generation Antibiotics

Sudhir Chowdhary, BV Mahalakshmi
Posted: Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 2104 hrs IST
Updated: Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 2104 hrs IST

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: Cell Science (NCCS), Pune to maintain the 2,00,000 isolates generated under this project—the largest such facility in the country. Screening will be carried out for anti-cancer, anti-infective, anti-diabetes and anti-inflammation properties. Expectations are that a bank of novel leads with specific potential will soon be developed. This will aid in the long-drawn process of drug discovery.

In the past, medicine and science were able to control deadly diseases and infections through the discovery of potent new classes of antibiotics. And just as we were basking in our misplaced confidence that infectious diseases had been conquered, the threat of antibiotic resistance has raised its ugly head. It seems the war to control dangerous diseases like tuberculosis, HIV and other killer infections is far from over....

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