Zosurabalpin has defeated strains of pneumonia and sepsis in mice, raising hopes for human trials

Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria::Zosurabalpin has defeated strains of pneumonia and sepsis in mice, raising hopes for human trials

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    We have way too many cases of XDRTB, often in impoverished, unindustrialized regions, so this is one of the outbreaks that needs some new treatments and a whole lot less corporate greed.

    At the moment, we can build custom bacteriaphages, but currently, solutions like this are largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper (which is odd because on the whole it isn’t the small green pieces of paper that are sick.)

  • parpol@programming.devEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Give it a few years before the superbugs of every Chinese citizen with a mild cold has finished their Navy SEALs hell week of this specific antibiotic, and built such a resistance to it, they establish independence.

    • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Not specific to China, can attest it’s pretty widespread throughout Asia to give antibiotics as a placebo.