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Designer solvent hits hospital superbug

March 18, 2012 – 5:00 pm

Designer solvent hits hospital superbug - Scientists from Ireland, the Czech Republic and Spain have found an antimicrobial ionic liquid that targets MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Reference: D Coleman et al, Green Chem., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2gc16090k

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The last of the antibiotics

February 24, 2012 – 5:00 pm
  • New way to tap largest remaining treasure trove of potential new antibiotics - Scientists are reporting use of a new technology for sifting through the world's largest remaining pool of potential antibiotics to discover two new antibiotics that work against deadly resistant microbes, including the "super bugs" known as MRSA. Their report appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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