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If it does not invoke bacterial resistance, its most likely less specific to the bacteria and can harm human cells. (think bleach, kills bacteria and there is
by Varloom 4y ago
If it does not invoke bacterial resistance, its most likely less specific to the bacteria and can harm human cells.
(think bleach, kills bacteria and there is no resistance, but also damage regular human cells)
- pshirshov 4y agoWell, from what I can remember, the claims were that Epimerox targets a very specific protein which human cells does not have. Also it was claimed that said protein is very sensitive to conformations and stops working even after very little modifications. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimerox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimerox
- eternalban 4y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=Epimerox&sort=byDate&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... That's all hn has had on the topic (includes yours). A comment mentions in passing that it is not yet used "for various reasons".