Vitamin E May Enhance Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
Researchers have found a certain harmful bacteria, Burkholderia cenocepacia, becomes highly resistant to antibiotics causing severe lung infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis. A recent study however shows supplementing fat-soluble vitamins may increase the effectiveness of the antibiotics prescribed to treat these lung infections. The antibiotic capturing proteins, Lipocalins, were found to latch on to…