Pathogenic Bacteria Prefer Heme

Bloodletting by physicians before the era of antibiotics may seem like a barbaric practice, but it may have been of some benefit to patients suffering from bacterial infections. In her Perspective, null null null Rouault null null null explains that most bacteria depend on a source of iron to grow and survive inside their animal hosts. A new study ( null null null null null Skaar null null null null null et al.) shows that the pathogenic...