The antimicrobial pipeline is empty…

As stated by the authors, the risk of a future without effective antibiotics is dramatic.  The rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a real problem that is currently responsible for about 1.2 million deaths/year worldwide.  This figure is expected to increase to 10 million each year if no mediation is taken to address this problem. The issue of the growing reduced efficacy of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics is being driven by various factors, including the evolution of the organism’s ability to survive attacks by medication.  Trana offers a discovery platform that uses critical proteins (tRNA) that are unique and highly modified to cripple and kill a specific pathogen.

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