Kill the germs, spare the ears: Encouraging study shows how
Monday, June 11, 2012 - 15:20
in Health & Medicine
The world needs new antibiotics to overcome the ever-increasing resistance of disease-causing bacteria – but it doesn’t need the side effect that comes with some of the most powerful ones now available: hearing loss. Researchers report they have developed a new approach to designing antibiotics that kill even “superbugs” but spare the inner ear.