For the first time in 30 years, a new type of antibiotic has been unearthed, buried in dirt.
Experiments suggest the antibiotic family, known as malacidins, can kill several 'superbugs', including the notoriously difficult-to-treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The antibiotics' unique approach to killing pathogens targets bacteria's cell walls, which did not cause drug resistance in the laboratory, a US study found.
When tested on MRSA skin infections in rats, the rodents experienced no side effects, giving the researchers hope they may have discovered a non-toxic alternative to current antibiotics.
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6 comments:
From my orthopedic doctor, " all drugs are poison, but they all have some beneficial side effect."
I tend to agree.
Silver
I had a friend about 25 years ago who was literally on his deathbed.He heard about a doctor in Florida who had pioneered a drug that would completely cure him.He went by plane to the doctors' office,knowing that the drug was not yet approved but also knowing that he was about to die anyway.When he returned to Salisbury he was his old self and in perfect shape.He said the needle was huge
Starting to make old fashioned remedies look as good, or better than, modern medicine. Every hear of poultices?
Science, is, AWESOME!
Silver kills ALL one cell organisms known to humans on contact.
Period.
That is why it was considered the magic bullet centuries ago!
Real knowledge is being suppressed by the elites.
We know nothing about nature.
Nothing.
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