Inventors:
Stephen Benkovic - State College PA, US
Lucy Shapiro - Stanford CA, US
Rachel Wright - Menlo Park CA, US
Craig Stephens - Mountain View CA, US
Lyn Kahng - Chicago IL, US
Anthony Berdis - State College PA, US
Irene Lee - State College PA, US
International Classification:
A61K048/00
Abstract:
Methods for treating and/or preventing disease conditions caused or induced or aggravated by microbes, especially bacteria, by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity, such as by administering to an animal a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, are disclosed, along with methods of reducing or ablating virulence in bacteria by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity.