A New Antibiotic from Breastmilk

Scientists have invented a new antibiotic from breastmilk which will play a great role to fight against antibiotic resistant germs. In a report, The Telegraph of Britain said, this antibiotic invented by the researchers of University College of London will also be helpful in the treatment of anemia caused by cellular transformation.

In an article published in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal it has been said, a protein called Lactopherin present in mother's breastmilk protects newborn babies from the infection of different kinds of germs. Researchers have made a capsule with that protein which works as a virus. This capsule can detect and destroy some bacteria without doing no harm to any other cell.

Mentioning the name of one of the researchers International Business Time reported, to test the effectiveness of the capsule they used a special platform along with an atomic microscope.

The researchers observed that this protein capsule destroys the bio-structure of bacteria. As a result, the bacteria can not be antibiotic resistant. For this reason, researchers can see new light of hope in the treatment of bacteria, virus and algae which have been antibiotic resistant.

Such kind of bacteria resistant against common antibiotics is called 'Super Bug'. Every year more than 0.7 million people die because of the super bug. In a statistics, a panel of researchers formed by the UK government have shown that the number of deaths caused by super bug may touch one crore per year by 2050 if new treatment methods against super bug are not initiated.

In an interview, inviting all to work together in this matter, the Chief Medical Officer of England Dem Shally Devis told the Times, "we need such kind of antibiotic in every decade. I am not thinking about my old age only; my children will also use this in their old age".