Breakthrough in treating superbugs like MRSA by University of Galway scientists

PhD student Aaron Nolan and Dr Merve S Zeden from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at University of Galway both worked on the research to find a potential new method to treat superbug infections.

Irish scientists have discovered a potential new way to treat superbug infections including MRSA, which could help combat growing problems with resistance to antibiotics worldwide.

Scientists at the University of Galway have shown MRSA could be much more efficiently killed by penicillin-type antibiotics when combined with purines, which are the building blocks for DNA.