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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nina Massey

Scientists develop antibiotic that spares healthy gut bacteria

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Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that kills bad bacteria, but spares healthy gut bacteria.

The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off secondary infections with Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile), a common and dangerous hospital-associated bacterial infection.

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