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#Honey could help fight MRSA and other Superbugs Even more health benefits from honey are being identified. The Guardian reports that Welsh scientists are collecting honey to help identify new antibacterial drugs. The idea is not necessarily to use the honey itself, although the article notes that this is a common enough practice, but rather to identify the plants that bees have been feeding on, and then isolate compounds that may be used to develop new drugs. Its an urgent problem#Long-term, the research aims to point a way towards creating drugs through the plants rather than the honey itself. Les Baillie professor of microbiology at Cardiff University, sees tackling bugs such as MRSA with new plant-based products as an urgent matter. Were running out of ways of treating them, #he says. Were living with the legacy of the past#the inappropriate use of antibiotics through buying them on the internet and using them in animal feed.##Just one more reason (as if we needed it!)to protect our honeybees and end the routine use of antibiotics on farms. LINK Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati l

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