Hurrah, it’s been a long time since a completely novel antibiotic has been discovered, i.e. without tampering or enhancing old ones. A group at Boston university has now found an antibiotic, termed teixobactin, that can be used against Clostridium difficile infections. This species of bacteria causes a horrible type diarrhea that is often resistant to…Continue reading Teixobactin: A new hope against some pretty horrible bugs ?