Wednesday, January 31, 2007

An Aid to Antibiotics

The widespread use of anitibiotics since the 1940's has caused strains of bacteria that are becoming ever more resistant to even the most new and powerful antibiotics that can be manufactured. However now there might be an aid as to which can increase the effectiveness of the medicine. The key is bacteriophages. These can bipass the normal way a bacteria absorbs antibiotics and deliver a more impacting punch. The ones which have mutated and developed ways to counteract the antibiotics will no longer be able to avoid the destructive power of the medicine.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=61821

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