Researchers from Iowa State University have found that dietary zinc supplements may help prevent bacteria from sharing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, potentially offering a new approach against a growing global public health threat.
“We have been treating bacterial infections with antibiotics for many years, but we are now facing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, including resistance to the last-resort antibiotics we’ve developed,” Melha Mellata, a microbiologist at Iowa State University and senior author of the study, told The Epoch Times. “Unfortunately, we are not developing new antibiotics at a sufficient rate because when we create an antibiotic, bacteria inevitably adapt and become resistant.”
