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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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Kenney aide's fight with flesh-eating bacteria

Kenney aide's fight with flesh-eating bacteria

Bob Murken with his wife, Stephanie Baralecki.Earlier this year, he had a disease that was so rare, his surgeon said it "is like being struck by lightning."Bob Murken's 25-minute bike ride down Kelly Drive and on to City Hall each morning is a time for contemplation."You are zooming down a hill, wind in your face, it's sunny.


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UBC researchers find alternative way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria

UBC researchers find alternative way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Abscesses are difficult and often impossible to treat without just cutting the infected tissue outResearchers at UBC have discovered a peptide which can disrupt the way bacteria forming abscesses behaveVANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – It's becoming increasingly difficult to find new antibiotics to stop some of the most resistant strains of bacteria.Abscesses lead to 3.2-million ER visits in the US each year and they're so hard to treat, often the only answer is to cut the infected tissue out.UBC scientists have found a peptide which has shown promise as a treatment.