Purifying widely used antibiotic could reduce risk it poses to hearing, study finds
Purifying widely used antibiotic could reduce risk it poses to hearing, study finds Scientists have discovered a simple method of reformulating gentamicin, a commonly used and highly effective antibiotic, that could reduce the risk it poses of causing deafness. Dec 17 2020 Alan Cheng and Anthony Ricci are senior authors of a study describing how a component of an antibiotic mixture showed effective antimicrobrial properties but may pose a smaller risk of hearing loss than the mixture. (Photo taken before the COVID-19 pandemic.) Norbert von der Groeben A Stanford Medicine-led st...
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