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A solution to antibiotic resistance may have been under our noses all along

  • Written by Sergio Diez Alvarez, Director Of Medicine, The Maitland and Kurri Kurri Hospital, University of Newcastle
imageScientists are excited they've found potential new antibiotics – in us. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. Ever since then we have been searching for new antibiotics to address the myriad of infections humans encounter and the growing risk of...

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