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Saccharin Emerges as Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

4/7/2025

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A groundbreaking study from Brunel University London uncovers that saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, has the power to eliminate multidrug-resistant bacteria like Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. By disrupting bacterial walls and DNA replication, saccharin boosts the effectiveness of antibiotics, presenting a hopeful strategy in the fight against antibiotic resistance, which claimed 1.27 million lives in 2019.

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Story summary

A groundbreaking study from Brunel University London uncovers that saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, has the power to eliminate multidrug-resistant bacteria like Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. By disrupting bacterial walls and DNA replication, saccharin boosts the effectiveness of antibiotics, presenting a hopeful strategy in the fight against antibiotic resistance, which claimed 1.27 million lives in 2019.