The discovery melds medieval potion-making with modern pharmacology. In its crosshairs: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA.

Medieval potion made from onions, garlic, wine and bile from a cow's stomach 'can kill hospital superbugs' Bald's eyesalve is a 10th century brew used by Anglo Saxons to treat styes ...

A coloured transmission electron micrograph of a deadly cluster of MRSA Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which is resistant to antibiotics.Not-For-Syndication At the University of Nottingham in ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom have found what they believe could be an unlikely treatment for the deadly and notoriously hard-to-kill MRSA superbug: a foul-smelling, Medieval concoction of ...

Bile made in a cow’s stomach is one ingredient of a thousand-year-old potion found to kill the superbug MRSA, researchers say. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images) LONDON (CNN) — It might sound ...

KUSA – The best medicine for MRSA may be a medieval potion for eye infections, according to new research out of the United Kingdom. MRSA is resistant to conventional antibiotics due to overuse ...

Four fresh batches of the potion -- brewed in a brass vessel as mandated by the text -- were tested on a common MRSA strain, Staphylococcus aureus, both in synthetic wounds and infected mice wounds.

1,000-year-old eye infection potion found to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections The potion was found in Bald's Leechbook, one of the earliest known medical textbooks, written in Old English ...