Scientists from UCD work out how MRSA superbug grows and divides despite antibiotics

This discovery is important because it helps us to understand how bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment. It is only through understanding this that we can develop new ways to treat MRSA infections.

This previously unknown mechanism is essential for MRSA resistance. By understanding the details of this process, researchers are working towards developing inhibitors that can target MRSA's novel survival strategy.

This research is very exciting as it has not only uncovered a new mechanism for MRSA - that was hiding in plain sight - but also the ability of the bacteria to divide in an alternative way.

These findings have important ramifications for the development of new antibiotics, but also for understanding the fundamental principles that underpin bacterial growth and division.

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