Sugar To Improve The Effectiveness Of Antibiotics ? - The results of a study published in the journal Nature of this edition of 12 May 2011 show that
sugar can make some
specific antibiotics are becoming more effective in the fight to infection from bacteria. The
addition of sugar into medicine may be able to increase the effectiveness of the treatment against some chronic bacterial infections, including infections staphylococcus and tuberculosis, said researchers.
So far, new research was done to animals. And further research needs to be done to find out the results to humans. If the results of this research is correct, we will be able to improve the ability of existing antibiotics are now without creating a new antibiotic, which certainly will be more expensive.
In addition, patients also need not consume antibiotics in quantities much to fight infection recurrences or recurring course will spend more costs, said James Collins, a professor in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University.