Plant toxin hailed as ‘new weapon’ in antibiotic war against bacteria

"Fewer and fewer big pharma companies are working on antibiotics and so fewer and fewer are being approved by western drug authorities. The problem is that you don’t make money out of antibiotics any more."

Oh I forgot that big pharma were only in it for the money.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/29/plant-toxin-new-weapon-antibiotic-war-against-bacteria-albicidin

#Antibiotics #TheGuardian #BigPharma #Albicidin #Health

A plant toxin known several decades ago to be effective in killing bacteria has finally been touted as a potential #antibiotic for human use. It has taken this long to understand the antibacterial mechanism in #Albicidin.

#medicine

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/29/plant-toxin-new-weapon-antibiotic-war-against-bacteria-albicidin?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Albicidin: One of the most exciting new antibiotic candidates in many years https://innovationtoronto.com/2023/01/albicidin-one-of-the-most-exciting-new-antibiotic-candidates-in-many-years/

#albicidin
#AMR

How a sugar #cane #pathogen is gearing up a new era of #antibiotic discovery.

#Xanthomonas #albicidin #DNAgyrase

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-sugar-cane-pathogen-gearing-era.html