A project that led to the discovery of a potential new antibiotic capable of beating antimicrobial resistant bacteria including MRSA has won the overall prize at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition: https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0112/932959-bt-young-scientist/
This is another confirmation of the validity of the herbal tradition. Blackberry has been used to treat infection since ancient times. Dioscorides, writing almost 2000 years ago, praised the common bramble. The many uses have been described in recent research (Verma et al., 2014).
In an age of chronic antibiotic resistence, the need for the recognition of traditional herbal knowledge is needed now more than ever!
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