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Help from the Ocean for Fighting Antibiotic Resistant Staph

"University of Hawaii researchers have isolated a bacterium from a marine organism in Kaneohe Bay that knocked out an antibiotic-resistant strain of staphylococcus. The discovery could lead to development of oral and topical antibiotics for resistant strains of staph infections, the scientists said." - excerpt from the StarBulletin.com article.

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