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Researchers have created a pipeline for discovering unique combinations of molecules that increase the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria. The team, led by scientists at the ...

Noé Crespo, a professor of public health at San Diego State University, was on the verge of cracking a question he had spent ...