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Remember the artificial sweetener that was almost taken off the market because it caused bladder cancer in mice? But only in mice so we still have it. It has been discovered that it has antimicrobial properties, especially for some antibiotic-resistant microbes.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...n&cvid=ccf1938beeb648dcb6a0f847b5fcfff7&ei=18
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...n&cvid=ccf1938beeb648dcb6a0f847b5fcfff7&ei=18
"In exciting work led by our team, we've identified a novel antimicrobial—saccharin," Prof McCarthy said. "Saccharin breaks the walls of bacterial pathogens, causing them to distort and eventually burst, killing the bacteria. Crucially, this damage lets antibiotics slip inside, overwhelming their resistance systems."