{"id":1205,"date":"2018-02-14T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2018-02-14T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:14:02","slug":"us-scientists-unearth-a-new-antibiotic-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/us-scientists-unearth-a-new-antibiotic-family\/","title":{"rendered":"US Scientists Unearth a New Antibiotic Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent discoveries in the US may offer a breakthrough in the treatment of infections such as MRSA, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Increasing antibiotic resistance is a growing concern worldwide as health services finds some diseases increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotic drugs.<\/p>\n<p>But American scientists have discovered a new antibiotic family in soil.  Following the analysis of more than 1,000 soil samples, scientists at the Rockefeller University in New York have identified malacidin antibiotics, a natural chemical compound which offers hope of fighting some drug-resistant bacterial infections.<\/p>\n<p>However, they will not help in the treatment of infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Negligence<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one have suffered due to a failing in medical care, you may wish to consider making a claim for compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Glynns Solicitors, specialists in medical negligence, to discuss your situation with an experienced solicitor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent discoveries in the US may offer a breakthrough in the treatment of infections such as MRSA, according to the BBC. Increasing antibiotic resistance is a growing concern worldwide as health services finds some diseases increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotic drugs. But American scientists have discovered a new antibiotic family in soil. Following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1142],"tags":[1257,1259,1258],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news","tag-antibiotic-research","tag-drug-resistant-infections","tag-mrsa-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}