Researchers at VCU submitted their findings to mBio, claiming they discovered “the Achilles’ heel of Lyme disease bacterium Borreliella burgdorferi.”
The weakness is found in the Lyme-causing bacteria itself, which is the lactate dehydrogenase (BbLDH) enzyme. Researchers say it is the crucial ingredient that helps the bacteria grow and spread through an infected host’s body. This unique enzyme is not found in any other microorganisms, researchers say, and offer that Lyme-causing bacteria cannot spread without it.
Researchers within the medical field are celebrating because this could change how we fight Lyme Disease.
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