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Stories about: Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

New Antibiotics from a Bug's Brain Few people really like cockroaches, but they might just be of great help to medicine, scientists from the University of Nottingham suggests, after they found  strong antibiotic properties in the brains of cockroaches and locusts.Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science made this discovery, ... 7 September 2010 05:33 GMT Blocking the Death Signal Treats Disease Preventing the death message from a surface molecule on bacteria that determines bone cells to die could be the new treatment for bone diseases that are resistant to antibiotics, said a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting, yesterday.The research carried out by Dr. Steve Kerrigan fr... 7 September 2010 03:29 GMT