Posted on 01/08/2015 8:10:35 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a ‘paradigm shift’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs.
Teixobactin has been found to treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia and C. diff, and could be available within five years. But more importantly it could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered.
Scientists have always believed that the soil was teeming with new and potent antibiotics because bacteria have developed novel ways to fight off other microbes.
But 99 per cent of microbes will not grow in laboratory conditions leaving researchers frustrated that they could not get to the life-saving natural drugs.
Now a team from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, have discovered a way of using an electronic chip to grow the microbes in the soil and then isolate their antibiotic chemical compounds. They discovered that one compound, Teixobactin, is highly effective against common bacterial infections Clostridium difficile, Mycobacterium tuberculous and Staphylococcus aureus.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
EFFING DRUG A$$HATS
foolishly debilitating administrators
all failing druggists
forever against drug-cures
launch all zig
KYPD
OK, that is a reference you don't see much. Love the tertiary logic.
Obscure literary reference, as you are no doubt aware.
One of our family’s long time docs is a dual Canadian/American citizen, and as I understand it, the Canadian testing process is much more streamlined than here. For these types of resistant bacteria, I agree that those seriously ill should have the choice to try the drug after the preliminary testing shows it works. The nano sponges recently described in various publications are hopefully going to be another tool against serious infections, as well.
“My brother in law remarked that not even aspirin would be approved by the FDA under these standards.”
...but then you have STATINS. It seems to depend on who’s willing to play ball.
My neighbors kid is always eating dirt. He never gets sick. Might be onto something.
Good news.
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