
Public HealthJanuary 4, 2019
A Novel Way to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Host-directed therapy can boost a patient’s immune response instead of relying only on antibiotics
Zahidul Alam is an infectious disease researcher. He earned his PhD in microbiology from the University of Texas at Arlington. Currently, he is working as a postdoctoral trainee at the Perelman School of Medicine, where his research focuses in understanding the role of host factor in bacterial infections.

A Novel Way to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Host-directed therapy can boost a patient’s immune response instead of relying only on antibiotics