Awesome 25-year-old woman may have just found a way to fight drug-resistant bacteria : mic

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Awesome 25-year-old woman may have just found a way to fight drug-resistant bacteria

Awesome 25-year-old woman may have just found a way to fight drug-resistant bacteria

A scientist could be on the verge of pioneering treatment for drug-resistant superbugs — and she's only 25 years old.Shu Lam, a doctoral student at the University of Melbourne, is developing a way to fight superbugs without antibiotics.Utilizing star-shaped polymerized peptides called SNAPPs — structurally nanoengineered antimicrobial peptide polymers — scientists can "physically apart the cell wall of the bacteria," Lam said, according to the Telegraph.


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Health advisory issued after unsafe levels of bacteria found at Hillsborough beach

Health advisory issued after unsafe levels of bacteria found at Hillsborough beach

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Health officials are warning people about unsafe levels of bacteria found in the water at a local beach.The Hillsborough County Health Department on Tuesday issued a health advisory for Ben T. Davis Beach based on the criteria for enterococci bacteria recommended by the EPA.Samples taken at the beach on Monday was above the threshold for enterococci bacteria.


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Deadly bacteria found in Winnipeg's Victoria General Hospital

Deadly bacteria found in Winnipeg's Victoria General Hospital

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is warning patients after a bacteria was found at one of the hospital's handwashing stations.The WRHA says legionella, a bacteria which causes legionnaires disease and can be fatal in older people, was found this week after a test at a tap inside the cancer unit at the Victoria General Hospital.WRHA spokeswoman Bronwyn Penner Holigroski said the health authority isn't aware of anyone who has reported getting ill from the bacteria.