Sweetener saccharin revives old antibiotics by breaking bacterial defences
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By Tarun Sai Lomte Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Apr 3 2025 Once seen only as a sugar substitute, saccharin now shows powerful antimicrobial potential—disrupting biofilms, triggering bacterial lysis, and even rearming antibiotics against resistant superbugs. Study: Saccharin disrupts bacterial cell envelope stability and interferes with DNA replication dynamics . Image Credit: Tatjana Baibakova / Shutterstock A recent study published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine showed that
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