A potential new weapon in the war against superbugs.

[2greys]

University of Melbourne researchers are finding ways to beat dangerous superbugs with ‘resistance resistant’ antibiotics, and it could help in our fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) complications.

As bacteria evolve, they develop strategies that undermine antibiotics and morph into ‘superbugs’ that can resist most available treatments and cause potentially lethal infections.

The Melbourne team has shown that a newly discovered natural antibiotic, teixobactin, could be effective in treating bacterial lung conditions such as tuberculosis and those commonly associated with COVID-19.

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[RoadRunner44]

That's another good read 2greys. It's amazing how much research is going on all over the world since this virus came along. Gives us all such hope.

Are you feeling a little easier these days?

[illawarra]

Thanks for sharing that 2greys. Most interesting.

[Kpacific]

Thank you for posting. Most interesting... Just wish this new drug could be used against pseudomonas! Looked further into why it's only used against gram positive bacteria and found this article that might interest you.

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