New antibiotic could transform C. diff treatment

Leena Kaija Linnea Nieminen (Interviewee)

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

Description

Interviewed by Ken Macdonald, BBC, together with Prof. Colin Suckling, Dr Nick Tucker and Dr Fraser Scott, University of Strathclyde.

Period	31 Aug 2015
Held at	BBC Radio Scotland, United Kingdom

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Clinical trials have begun of a treatment that could fight outbreaks of the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile. Scientists at Strathclyde University, who developed the antibiotic, say it is the first of a new class of drug that could transform the treatment of potentially fatal diseases. BBC Scotland's science correspondent Ken Macdonald reports.
New antibiotic could transform C. diff treatment.