Superbug on the run

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Superbug on the run Anti-MRSA microbe isolated. But researcher cautions a cure is still years and millions of dollars away A Halifax researcher has made promising findings in the fight against one of the superbugs infecting cities and hospitals across Canada. David Jakeman, a scientist at Dalhousie University, has isolated a microbe that appears to battle methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA), a form of staph infection resistant to most antibiotics. Jakeman said yesterday the results are sufficiently promising that his lab wants to repeat the experiments as well as evaluate other compounds with similar structures. "It's all very preliminary at the moment," he cautioned. "Some of those natural products we've isolated, we've shown they have good activity against MRSA and that's why we're exploring more fully the compounds that these bacteria produce," Jakeman said.