Scientists in the United States have developed a vital tool in the battle against superbugs by re-engineering a decades-archaic antibiotic. A new version of vancomycin is much more effective at fighting Enterococci bacteria,which is found in hospitals and can cause hazardous wound and blood infections. Some infections had become resistant to the drug, which has been prescribed for 60 years. The research team, or from The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego,California, described the new drug as “magical” in […]
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