We are proud to announce that our teams’ breakthrough in research on antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoe has been featured on various international news platforms.
Our researchers led by Christoph Hauck (University Konstanz) and Thomas Böttcher (University Vienna) have discovered a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. These substances trigger a self-destruction program, which also operates in multi-resistant variants of the pathogen.
The whole paper titled A quinolone N-oxide antibiotic selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae via its toxin–antitoxin system is accessible online via DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01968-y
Below you can find a variety of news posts on the given topic:
https://science.apa.at/power-search/5537002883396633918
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https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/badenwuerttemberg/swr-konstanzer-forscher-haben-dem-tripper-den-kampf-angesagt-100.html
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/konstanzer-forscher-haben-dem-tripper-den-kampf-angesagt-100.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-antibiotic-triggers-self-destruction-in-drug-resistant-gonorrhea-bacteria/ar-AA1C9Xuv
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-antibiotic-triggers-destruction-drug-resistant.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/new-class-of-antibiotic-selectively-targets-gonorrhea-bacterium/ar-AA1CamlD
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250402/New-class-of-antibiotic-selectively-targets-gonorrhea-bacterium.aspx
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250402122603.htm
Medicine: New antibiotic for multidrug resistant superbug, that causes gonorrhoea