New class of antibiotics discovered – and why there may be more to come

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Food for drug-resistant bacteria. AthanArk, CC BY-NC-ND



 

The rise of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics is a growing worry and threatens to put healthcare back to the early 20th century. Such resistance to drugs was inevitable, because bacteria evolve and learn to defend themselves. But we are worried now because new classes of antibiotics aren’t being found.