Discovery provides path to pathogen-targeted antibiotics
(WorldNews Health)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - `Take with food` is a common warning for people using antibiotics, but a discovery announced this week in the scientific journal Nature may create a path to more targeted drugs. This advice for taking antibiotics is needed because current drugs kill any type of bacteria, including the helpful bacteria in our intestines that help us digest our food. When we take current antibiotics, it can cause digestive distress, and even worse outcomes. Although we may think of bacteria as disease-causing micro-organisms, there are about as many bacteria in your body as human cells. And nearly all are helpful - they are nearly as essential for human survival as air, food, and water....