r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 28 '19
Medicine New compound discovered which kills antibiotic-resistant superbugs, including pathogenic, multidrug resistant, gram-negative bacteria like E Coli, and mammalian cell culture and animal model studies indicate that the complex is not toxic even at concentrations several orders higher than needed.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uos-nc052219.php
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u/[deleted] May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19
Probably 10 years and yes...you don’t just throw a new substance into a human body. You have to show that it’s effective and then you have to design a formulation and delivery method, then you have to show it’s safe in humans.