The ants will help scientists in the creation of antibiotics Bashny.Net

Scientists from the University of East Anglia say that the ants could have saved many lives, thanks to a natural antibiotic they produce.

Dr. Matthew Hutchings said: "antibiotic Resistance is a global threat to health. Even common infections that were treatable for decades can once again kill. Our study is motivated by the urgent need to find new drugs.We hope that the ants will help us solve the problem of antibiotic resistance and provide us with the next generation of medicines. Insects have already helped us find two new antibiotics, which we hope will be useful in clinical medicine".





Watching the colonies of certain species of ants, scientists have noticed that working individuals like to eat a certain kind of fungus that allows them to develop natural antibiotics. The researchers noticed that they use combinations of drugs, and it avoids the resistance to the produced substances. Hutchins said, " So by using multiple antibiotics at once, we can slow the growth of bacterial resistance to antibiotics.This is something that human medicine is only beginning to explore." The British are hoping that the ants will not only ensure the emergence of a new generation of antibiotics, but also show positive ways of working with bacteria.

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