University of Hong Kong scientists have discovered a chemical compound that could treat a deadly superbug without using antibiotics, in a breakthrough offering hope for the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
The university’s top microbiologist, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, said the study involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) could help tackle a problem the World Health Organisation considers an “increasingly serious threat to global public health...
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