New Antibiotics Discovery is 'Tip of the Iceberg'

One of the biggest problems affecting the battle against infectious diseases is the fact that bacteria are becoming resistant to existing antibiotics on the market, partly due to over-prescription. That's a scary prospect, as antibiotics are what shield us from all manner of infections that might otherwise kill us.

The bulk of antibiotic discovery was in the 1950s and 1960s, but nothing found since 1987 has made it into doctors' hands. After decades of no new discoveries being made, US scientists have made a "game changing" discovery based on growing antibiotics from soil samples that ends the new anti-biotic drought.

And according to scientists, this could be the "tip of the iceberg" of new discoveries too.

Source: BBC News