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  • New anti-microbial compounds evade resistance with less toxicity

    Jun 1, 2015 10:45 am by Elizabeth AhlbergResearch
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    Illinois chemistry professor Martin Burke led a research team that found derivatives of a widely used but highly toxic antifungal drug. The new compounds are less toxic yet evade resistance.