Experts Discover New Combination Therapy to Combat Superbugs

Experts Discover New Combination Therapy to Combat Superbugs
Over-prescribing antibiotics contributes to superbugs that are hard to treat and those taking them suffer a long list of unnecessary side-effects. fizkes/Shutterstock
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A preclinical study led by researchers from Monash University has discovered that a combination of phage and antibiotic therapy may be the most effective to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

“We have been able to confirm that, even in complex living systems, treatment with our characterised phages can reliably steer bacteria towards a phage-resistant variant that is re-sensitised to antibiotics,” said study author Dr Jeremy Barr on May 8.
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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