A protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of bacterial species that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, according to new University at Buffalo research.
In petri dish and animal experiments, the protein complex -- called Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made Lethal to Tumor Cells (HAMLET) -- increased bacteria's sensitivity to multiple classes of antibiotics, such as penicillin and erythromycin.
The effect was so pronounced that bacteria including penicillin-resistantStreptococcus pneumoniae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) regained sensitivity to the antibiotics they were previously able to beat.
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