Antibiotic resistance is a reality today and scientists across the world are trying to design inhibitors to protect these drugs. According to a new study at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) genes representing yet another method of resistance are widespread in bacteria that live in the soil and on people. Some of these genes are capable of destroy all tetracyclines including the latest generation of these antibiotics. However the researchers have created a chemical compound that shields tetracyclines from destruction. When the chemical compound was given in combination with tetracyclines as part of