There is some good news for the world of medicinal technology. Korean scientists have come up with a three-dimensional map that depicts a protein that is related to pneumonia. The development of this breakthrough map is expected to be of great help in the discovery of such antibiotics that would be able to fight the viruses that have become resistant to present treatment procedures, more effectively.
The team of scientists, led by Kim Eun-kyung, senior researcher at the biomedical research center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), have, for the first time ever, been able to develop a three-dimensional map of the FabK protein related to the pneumonia virus, using X-rays.
Dr.Kim has expressed his belief that it would be possible to develop new drugs to combat pneumonia much more quickly, now that the three-dimensional protein map has been discovered. If indeed the protein map lives up to its potential and is of as much utility as expected, fighting pneumonia would certainly become easier.
Source: FarEastGizmos
