Penicillin Could Be Back In Battle Against Antibiotic Resistant Bugs That Kill Millions (Lufee.com)

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Penicillin Could Be Back In Battle Against Antibiotic Resistant Bugs That Kill Millions
Research led by the University of Warwick has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin and help create a library of designer antibiotics to use against a range of other dangerous bacteria.Worldwide Streptococcus pneumoniae causes 5 million fatal pneumonia infections a year in children.
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