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Medical breakthrough: a drug that may kill superbugs

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SALT LAKE CITY — Scientists have found a medical breakthrough they say could save lives and make suffering from superbugs, antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA, Lyme disease and tuberculosis, a thing of the past....
Most superbugs are protected by biofilms, a community of bacteria with a protective layer of chemicals that antibiotics can’t penetrate. But scientists with Curza, a Utah drug company, say their drug can penetrate biofilms and kill them.

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