Bacteria found in ancient Irish soil halts growth of superbugs

Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers analysing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective against four of the top six superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics, including MRSA. Antibiotic resistant superbugs could kill up to 1.3 million people in Europe by 2050, according to […]

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