'Superhero' microbiome bacteria protect against deadly symptoms during infection
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Once the most powerful and revolutionary of drugs, antibiotics appear to have reached their limits, due to the ability of bacteria to rapidly evolve resistance to the medicines. Now a team of scientists has found E. coli in microbiome capable of protecting the body from infectious diseases, which may help prevent antibiotic-resistant superbugs.