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Gallo and other investigators are already searching. One likely candidate is an antibiotic called N-dimethylrifampicin. This chemical has already proved effective in the laboratory in inhibiting the activity of the suspect enzyme. In the future, such chemicals may be able to work their magic in man.
Doubtful Combinations. In its list of proscribed drugs, the FDA fingered major companies from Abbott and Armour through Lilly and Merck to Winthrop and Wyeth. In most cases, the products of such companies were criticized not as hazardous but as ineffective in the forms offered. This is especially true of...
The same criticism applies to combinations of two antibiotics, or of one antibiotic with a sulfa: the FDA believes firmly that these fixed-dosage forms are likely to give a patient either too much or too little of one drug or the other. But many physicians have gone on prescribing...
When scientists selected some bacteria for experimental exposure to moon soil brought back by Apollo astronauts, Staphylococcus aureus, Azobacter vinelandii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa seemed to be well-qualified choices. All three species are exceptionally tough. They thrive in and around man, displaying extraordinary ability at resisting his antibiotic weapons and...
Admittedly, fluoridation of water is not the whole answer to dental health. The fluorides protect the sides of the teeth more than the grinding surfaces of molars, which have tiny fissures in them where decay often begins, especially in adolescents. For these surfaces, Dr. Michael Buonocore of the Eastman Dental...