Neglected 80-year-old Antibiotic Reemerges as Highly-Effective Against Resistant Bacteria

  A discarded 80-year-old antibiotic may provide protection against multi-drug resistant superbugs, according to a new study. Discovered back in the 1940s, nourseothricin is a natural product made by a soil fungus that contains several forms of a complex molecule called streptothricin. It generated high hopes of becoming a powerful agent against gram-negative bacteria, which, […]

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