3. Definition of Superbug
An informal term for a bacterium that has become
resistant to antibiotics usually used to treat it, as
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or
any multiresistant bacterium.
"A drug-resistant superbug that spreads by skin
contact is infecting thousands of people across the US
and may now have reached Europe."
7. Superbugs could kill 10 million people a YEAR
Drugs companies need up to £25billion to fight the growing
superbugs crisis, a Government advisor warns today.
Some 41 new antibiotics are currently in development, but Mr
O’Neill said most of these do not target the most urgent needs
and will probably never see the light of day.
12. Ancient Treatment For Eye Infections Could Be Cure
For Superbugs
A one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which
originates from a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill
the modern-day superbug MRSA in an unusual research collaboration at
The University of Nottingham.
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14. Designing smarter drugs to fight antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics (orange dots) face a number of potential obstacles on
their way from the site of administration to their target within the
infecting bacteria.
15. Approved antibiotics work by inhibiting a limited repertoire of bacterial targets, disrupting
essential functions such as cell wall synthesis, protein production and DNA replication.
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