I read this today ( and it was on BBC news too) not being medical I don't know if this development will help infections that we might have...but it sounds great news, as I have had SO MANY antibiotics over the decades, getting immune to all the known ones is a constant threat to me
What do you think?
ANY advance will be a plus for us 
Looks promising!
Wow that looks like a fantastic discovery. At last they have looked at another was to attack the bug. Fingers crossed it does not have a worse side effect?
Be Well
I asked a practice nurse friend I know last night if she thought it would help Bronchiectasis patients infections, and she read the article and said Yes it would in her opinion. So I am really more pleased than I was at first about this new research
You cannot imagine the amount of antibiotics I have taken over my life time.....even my chemist has questioned the volume of antibiotics I have been prescribed over the years...Of course several of them I am now immune to...and once the Azithromycin ceases to be effective I will be on IV antibiotics
So even though it will be in 5 years time..its good to know there is something else coming along..
Good news indeed Sohara, if it doesn't benefit me it will certainly benefit many in the future. Thank you xx
Reading it, the one mentioned only targets Staphylococcus, but if they use the technology to engineer more drugs to target things like pseudomonas, we would definitely benefit from it.
I asked my friend about Pseudomonas...she was doubtful it would help that bug...BUT she is only a nurse..not a doctor...and her specialty is Diabetes, so she has no special knowledge of lung diseases
But she thought normal lung infections would be affected with the new drug, from what she read
New drug for IPF
Scientists discover how potent bacterial toxin kills MRSA bacteria.
New drug approved in Europe for uncontrolled COPD. 
MRSA and shortness of breath.
Taking on IPF drug free.
