Antibiotics from dirt
A group of scientists claims to have created one of the strongest antibiotics, capable of killing microorganisms that cause pneumonia, staph, tuberculosis, blood infections . Interestingly, they found it in a pile of dirt.
>>>Super antibiotic from the ocean
Artwork: newsledge.com
This new antibiotic is called teixobactin , which works differently from previous antibiotics. Scientists believe that bacteria will be very resistant to this antibiotic.
UPI news agency quoted Professor Kim Lewis at Northeastern University (USA), said teixobactin is a compound with self-evolutionary mechanism to resist drug resistance. Normally, bacteria are always looking for resistance to antibiotics, but in this case there is no value.
Thanks to the device called iChip , developed by Professor Kim Lewis, scientists have developed unicellular organisms in their natural environment.
UPI said, teixobactin is one of more than two dozen newly discovered antibiotics using this iChip device. Although it has not been tested in humans, it has cured many infections in mice.
It is expected that within the next two years, teixobactin will be tested on humans.
- What are antibiotics and classify antibiotics
- 'Heavenly' facts about antibiotics
- Find new antibiotics under the ocean
- Why do you know that antibiotics do not treat flu, many people continue to abuse?
- Bad habits of parents hurt the liver and kidneys, endanger children
- 7 mistakes we often make when talking about antibiotics
- Understand disease to use antibiotics correctly
- Find a new drug that can replace antibiotics
- When do you need to say 'no' to antibiotics?
- Children under 2 years of age use many antibiotics prone to obesity
- The world is depleted of new generation antibiotics
- Risk from fluoroquinolones