AncientBiotics – a medieval remedy for modern day superbugs?

A one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which originates from a manuscript in […]

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Tags: arts, Christina Lee, health, history, medicine, MRSA, Old English, School of English, science, superbugs

Tackling Toxin A

Scientists at the University have re-established the lethal role of a toxin in Clostridium difficile.

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Tags: Clostridia Research Group, Clostridium difficile, hospital-acquired infection, MRSA, Prof Nigel Minton, School of Molecular and Medical Sciences, superbugs

Cockroach brains… Future antibiotics?

Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard.

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Tags: antimicrobials, cockroach, E coli, MRSA, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, superbugs