antibiotics they will thrive in hospitals against patients with weakened immune systems they have a 50% mortality rate. a life saving drug that has - revolutionized medical science. since the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, these precious drugs have saved countless lives. but there s been no new class of antibiotics against the most resistant bacteria, known as gram negative , in over 50 years. research in the journal nature explains the new compound was able to eradicate crab infections in petri dishes and in mice. but getting any new antibiotic from the lab to patients could take up to a decade of human trials. this could definitely save lives, because we urgently need
and so i hope with having more of the best players play in the same weeks, they know exactly which weeks are important and important to us players and they get to see a lot more tournaments where the best players on tour are competing against each other down the stretch on sunday because i think that is what the fan really wants to see. and that s all the sport for now. back to you, lewis. scientists have welcomed the discovery of an entirely new type of antibiotic raising hopes that it could control one of the most dangerous superbugs. the new drug is still at the experimental stage, but if human trials prove successful it would be the first new treatment against this type of bacteria in more than 50 years. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has more. antibiotics underpin modern healthcare, and are vital in stopping bacterial infections. the new antibiotic zosurabalpine defeated one of the toughest of all superbugs.
picture, whether or not people feel better or worse off this year, he will be hoping that something comes along to help him out from behind in the polls, so take today is a strong hint but no guarantee of what s likely to happen but i all right, hannah miller, thank you, at westminster. scientists have welcomed the discovery of a new type of antibiotic, raising hopes it could control one of the most dangerous superbugs. the new drug is still at the experimental stage, but if human trials work out, it would be the first new treatment against this type of bacteria in more than half a century. fergus walsh has that story. bacteria are constantly evolving and some are now able to resist even the most powerful antibiotics, posing a major threat to human health. the new antibiotic, zosurabalpin, defeated one of the toughest of all superbugs. it s called carbapenem resistant acinetobacter baumannii, or crab for short.
to a decade of human trials. this could definitely save lives, because we urgently need antibiotics, because if there are no antibiotics, particularly against gram negative infections, we might see the end of modern medicine because any minor infection, people will die, because with drug resistant infection people can die within weeks. this is vital research because antimicrobial resistance is linked to around 5 million deaths worldwide each year. the battle against superbugs is one humanity can t afford to lose. the clothing company next has warned supplies of its products could be delayed if disruption to shipping in the red sea continues. attacks by rebels have resulted in ships avoiding their usual route and opting to take a safer but longer way round which takes on average roughly nine days more. katy austin reports.
it s one of the three most critical drug resistant pathogens, according to the world health organization, because it s so hard to kill. crab thrives in hospitals, where it preys on patients with already weakened immune systems. it s resistant to nearly all antibiotics and has a mortality rate of around 50%. archive: a life-saving drug which l has revolutionised medical science. since the discovery of the first antibiotic penicillin these precious drugs have saved countless lives. but there s been no new class of antibiotics against the most resistant bacteria, known as gram negative , in over 50 years. research in the journal nature explains the new compound was able to eradicate crab infections in petri dishes and in mice. but getting any new antibiotic from the lab to patients could take up to a decade of human trials. this could definitely save lives, because we urgently need