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New antibiotic could help avert looming health crisis
FromFT News in Focus
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7 minutes
Released:
Jan 7, 2015
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Podcast episode
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The discovery of a new antibiotic has brought fresh hope that a looming health crisis caused by drug resistant infections can be avoided. Called teixobactin, it is the result of a private public collaboration involving universities in the US and Germany, and the US biotech company NovoBiotic pharmaceuticals. Andrew Ward, pharmaceuticals correspondent, talks to Clive Cookson, science editor, about the discovery. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jan 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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