Re: New Penicillin that is 100 times that of penicillin - should this be used crefully

I suggest this super penicilin should not be used at all to treat
ordinary infectious diseases if we take into account the devastating
effects of antibiotics on the good bacteria that make our body
function normally.
This super drug should only be used at the last resort , only when
and where all other medications fail to fight infectious diseases.

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"MikeA" <bb1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What do you think about such a powerful new potential drug.
Maybe we should have our say and say that this new cure be
used sparingly - don't use all the power of the drug at one go or
when new bugs come around we are powerless to fight them.
Have your say and make it known. Now is the chance to say it
before it is even used.


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Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more
effective than penicillin - in wallaby milk.

Researchers found the highly-potent compound, tagged AGG01, was active
against a wide variety of fungi and bacteria including
antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Research team leader Dr Ben Cocks said the discovery could have a profound
impact on both human and animal health.


"This compound has the potential to be commercially synthesised and may
prove vital in the war against increasingly resistant human and animal
diseases," Dr Cocks said.


He said researchers from the Victorian government's Department of Primary
Industries made the discovery while investigating the chemical properties
of Tammar wallabies' breast milk to determine how their immune-deficient
newborns built up resistance to bacteria while in the pouch.


Using online biological information, they searched the wallaby's genome to
identify more than 30 factors in the breast milk that contribute to
fighting bugs.


Compound AGG01 was found to be effective against a relative of the
hospital superbug MRSA, or golden staph, as well as ecoli, Streptococci,
Salmonella, Bacillus subtilus, Pseudomonas spp, Proteus vulgaris, and
Staphylococcus aureus.

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