Scientists discover potentially powerful antibiotic Scientists have discovered a potentially powerful antibiotic that can kill some of the most dangerous “superbugs” — serious infections that are resistant to standard medications. Superbugs, which can’t be killed by antibiotics, are a growing threat to public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sickening 2 million Americans a year and […]
A device to usher in a new age of antibiotic drug discoveries Scientists have developed a device that allows bacteria that would not grow in a lab environment to be cultured into potentially powerful antibiotic drugs. The device has already unearthed one antibiotic that can vanquish drug resistant super bugs like MRSA in animal models but its creators say its just the beginning.