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Liquid metal shredder kills superbugs without drugs
Hope is on the horizon for a new weapon against antibiotic resistance: “magnetic nanoparticles that physically tear them to shreds.” | learn more
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Bacteria are eating antibiotics.
“As if it’s not bad enough that bacteria are increasingly becoming resistant to our best antibiotics – some bugs are even eating the drugs. An international team of scientists has now examined just how the bacteria disarm and consume the […]
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New synthesized antibiotic is “game-changing”.
“In 2015, an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin was discovered. Now, for the first time, the compound has been successfully synthesized and used to treat a bacterial infection in mice, marking an important milestone in the war against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.” | learn […]
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New test shows when body is fighting a virus.
This could be very useful for solving the problem of over-prescribed antibiotics. | learn more