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A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that bacterial diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide, 银河娱乐博彩 five strains accounting for nearly 55 percent of all bacterial infection deaths.

Treatments for those diseases, however, remain extremely underfunded and under-resourced globally.

Seeking a potential cure, Kennesaw State University Professor of 生物化学 托马斯·里柏 has earned a two-year, $200,000 grant through KSU’s 研究处 大挑战 initiative to study and produce antibacterial treatments that target drug-resistant bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, more commonly known as MRSA. In addition to treating bacterial infections, Leeper hopes to raise awareness of those ailments.

他说：“总的来说，我们在治疗大多数癌症方面做得很好，但在治疗微生物疾病方面，我们做得不好。” “细菌性疾病和病毒感染应该会把人们吓坏，我们希望解决这个问题。”

该项目试图利用蛋白质对抗有害细菌。 Some types of drug-resistant bacteria can enter and infect eukaryotic cells, allowing those pathogens to evade common antibiotics. Leeper is attempting to hijack the natural systems that host cells use to bring in nutrients to target these intracellular pathogens 银河娱乐博彩 novel antimicrobial proteins."

“我们一直在寻找新的抗生素，但耐药性的速度超过了它，”他说。 “我的实验室已经能够通过寻找能够克服耐药性发展机制的策略来预测这个问题。”

The project will involve student researchers, and Leeper said the grant money will go toward building a team of seven undergraduates as well as a post-doctoral researcher.

利珀也即将结束一项为期五年的国家卫生研究院资助，研究治疗囊性纤维化的药物。 他说，在人员和设备方面，内部拨款将提高实验室推进有效药物治疗的整体研究的能力。

Leeper在这个项目上的合作调查员是Jonathan McMurry和Anton Bryantsev。 McMurry, a professor of chemistry in KSU’s 科学与数学学院, has a process in his laboratory that allows experimental delivery of proteins into bacteria. Bryantsev, an associate professor of developmental biology, works 银河娱乐博彩 fruit flies, which are model organisms for bacterial infections and can provide insights into the effectiveness of these proteins.

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