Drug-resistant bugs destroyed by new antibiotic from breast milk discovered by British scientists

[hawk007]

* Antibiotic from breast milk is capable of destroying drug-resistant bacteria
* Discovery hailed as a major breakthrough in the race to contain superbugs
* Researchers say the drug could also be used to treat genetic diseases

British scientists have developed an antibiotic from breast milk capable of destroying drug-resistant bacteria.

The discovery is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the race to contain the rise of so-called superbugs that kill about 10,000 Britons each year.

Scientists say the antibiotic works by rewriting a cell’s DNA to tear bacteria apart within a fraction of a second – making it impossible for them to evolve defences.

Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in south-west London say the drug could also be used to treat genetic diseases, such as sickle cell anaemia.

Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies recently warned the public not to overuse antibiotics to avoid bacteria developing resistance to commonly used drugs.

Last night it emerged that ministers have not planned for a world without antibiotics because officials had hoped powerful new drugs would be created in time.

She told The Times: ‘We need on average ten new antibiotics every decade.
'So I don’t just want some for my old age; I want them for my children’s old age, and their children’s old age.
'And we did disinvest as a world in this sort of research, so we need to make an investment and sustain it.’

David Cameron has warned that the fight against superbugs could plunge modern medicine ‘back into the Dark Ages’.

He has set up a panel to tackle antibiotic-resistant bugs which has forecast that they could cost 10million lives around the world and £700billion a year by 2050 if the problem is not addressed.

 

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[link corrected. thanks jayesh]

[jayesh30202]

source link seems to be incomplete

[Chancer]

Try this link;

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/breast-milk-protein-could-destroy-superbugs-a6829796.html

 

(Which is in the public domain)

[LeeSmithG]

This is why all Women about to give birth are told that titties are best for their children.

A lot of them ignore this and their children grow up to be weak and exposed to a plethora of illness's., they cannot fight off quick.

My two (2) had titties and they are very healthy.

 

[rahull]

Thats nice to here.......i thought drug ressistance might become a menace....there is always new invention happening all over the world...so might be for antibiotic too....