The effectiveness of antibiotics can be altered by combining them with each other, other drugs or even food additives, as reported in Nature. For example, vanillin, which gives vanilla its distinctive taste, when paired with spectinomycin, helped it to enter bacterial cells and inhibit their growth.

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The effectiveness of antibiotics can be altered by combining them with each other, other drugs or even food additives, as reported in Nature. For example, vanillin, which gives vanilla its distinctive taste, when paired with spectinomycin, helped it to enter bacterial cells and inhibit their growth.