After weeks of negative reports in the media, it is good to get a positive one and just in time potentially. Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics, the first since the 1980s, just months after a colistin-resistant infection was discovered which worst-case scenerio had been potentially heralding the end of the road for antibiotic treatments.

If this pans out, and its still early days so far, then this could be one of the most crucial breakthroughs in a long time.

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