Scientists claim method to kill C diff bug found

SCIENTISTS in University College Cork claimed to have found a “magic bullet” that can kill the deadly hospital superbug C difficile.

Professor Colin Hill and Professor Paul Ross of UCC teamed up with scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada and with experts led by Mary Rea at the Teagasc Moorpark Food Research Centre to form the compound which they believe can eliminate the Clostridium difficile bug without harming other parts of the human gut.

The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.