This discovery could help stop antibiotic resistance
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Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have become a common way of treating infections caused by bacteria, fungi and other microbes.
This drug is usually contained in a capsule then swallowed, where it dissolves in the stomach. There, the antibiotic goes to work, destroying all bacteria in the stomach (including the good bacteria, which help our body function).