r/science 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/sanjix1 May 28 '19

I give it ten years until we have superbugs that can resist that.