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First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough
The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a ‘paradigm shift’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. Teixobactin has been found to treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia and C. diff, and could be available within five years. But more importantly it could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered.
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Let's not feed this class to livestock. Maybe it'll be effective longer.
Yeah, I'm sure pharma and food companies will be thoughtful and choose not to make a buck in this case for the greater good.
On top of that let's not feed it to everybody with a sniffle too!
That requires explaining to soccer-mom why junior will be just fine in a couple of days without the latest miracle pill.
Or give a script for a sugar pill so she'll go away.
Good point...