A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics at your neighborhood pharmacy can effectively treat superbugs. They are not prescribed, however, because the gold-standard test predicts they will not work. The new test may improve how antibiotics are developed, tested and prescribed — and it is openly available to all. The research has significant implications in the fight against...
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New test reveals existing antibiotics, hiding in plain sight on pharmacy shelves, can cure superbugs
by Shelly Leachman, University of California – Santa Barbara Graphical Abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101023 A new test revealed that FDA-approved antibiotics—available at your neighborhood pharmacy—can effectively treat superbugs. They are not prescribed, however, because the gold-standard test predicts they will not work. The new test may improve the way antibiotics are developed, tested and prescribed—and...