Compound from Deep-water Marine Sponge Could Provide Antibacterial Solutions for MRSA
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
A compound extracted from a deep-water marine sponge collected near the Bahamas is showing potent antibacterial activity against the drug resistant bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) also called the "super bug." Researchers have named the antibiotic compound "dragmacidin G" and have shown that it has a broad spectrum of biological activity including inhibition of MRSA as well as a panel of pancreatic cancer cell lines.