A medieval cure for modern day superbugs - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Scientists worry that if they don't find a cure to anti biotic resistant superbugs then we're in trouble. Some estimates say these diseases could be deadlier than cancer, so the fight is on to find a cure. Eddie Mair speaks to two scientists who have discovered a one thousand year old remedy for eye infections which could hold the key to beating the superbugs.

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