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Maggots could help in MRSA superbug battle Quote:
Scientists hope maggots can help produce an antibiotic that can tackle strains of the MRSA superbug.
The researchers at Swansea University are developing the antibiotic from maggot secretions from the common green bottle fly.
They hope to develop it into an injection, pill or ointment to tackle 12 strains of MRSA, as well as as well as E.coli and C.difficile.
The research also involved scientists at universities in Belgium.
The antibiotic has been named Seraticin and scientists have studied how it can prevent infection.
It takes around 20 maggots to make one drop of the antibiotic in its purified form.
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