"They were 'astonished' to find it almost completely wiped out staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA."
Not all S. aureus is MRSA; wondering if this is just poor phrasing or if I'm misunderstanding something.
Not all S. aureus is MRSA; wondering if this is just poor phrasing or if I'm misunderstanding something.
What popularization? The article merely and briefly reports what the researchers said.'Experts from the university's microbiology team recreated the remedy and then tested it on large cultures of MRSA'.
Where's the lack of understanding on the part of the BBC team? The effect of the mixture may be found to be of no significant account (90% is not much) but that's another story that's down to the researchers.
And that, in a nutshell, is why I’m intemperate about ignorant journalists blathering about medical science.