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Sydney Morning Herald: New penicillin found in wallaby milk

Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more effective than penicillin – in wallaby milk.

Researchers found the highly-potent compound, tagged AGG01, was active against a wide variety of fungi and bacteria including antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Research team leader Dr Ben Cocks said the discovery could have a profound impact on both human and animal health.

“This compound has the potential to be commercially synthesised and may prove vital in the war against increasingly resistant human and animal diseases,” Dr Cocks said.

It’s great news to hear that new antibiotic compounds like this are being discovered. Lets hope that society has reached the point where we can use it correctly and not give it out like candy for any old illness or we’ll have just yet another antibiotic that superbugs have become resistant to.

Still there are always Bacteriophages should we run out of effective antibiotics. Research into the therapeutic use of phages is really in it’s infancy even though some research has been carried out for decades it was far more practical to use antibiotic compounds.

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