US-based Nigerian scientist who ‘discovered antibiotic that cures resistant infections'
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- 09 Jun 2022
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Described as a previously unknown Pseudomonas strain, the antibiotic was said to have been tested against several bacteria, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, for growth inhibition and “has so far been effective against all test bacterial species”.
Although the researcher said the “invention” is undergoing laboratory trials on several bacterial species and has shown consistent results, the product keeps receiving commendation by social media users as a way out of the global concern on antibiotic resistance.
HOW IT STARTED
A news platform claimed it cited a document published on Twitter by one Ozii Baba Anieto about the discovery of a “powerful new drug” by a “smart scientist.”
Anieto had tweeted, “My cousin, Dr Ugo Anieto discovered an antibiotic for drug-resistant infections. He named it ANIETOCIN – after my family name. Dr Ugo is a scientist in Texas, USA.”
The tweet has generated over 9,200 likes and 3,300 retweets and has been circulated by other social media users.
WHO IS UGOCHUKWU?
According to his profile online, Ugochuckwu Anieto is an “instructional assistant professor” at the College of Sciences of Texas A&M University McAllen Higher Education Center. He was born and bred in Onitsha, Anambra state.
He schooled at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka where he bagged a bachelor’s degree in applied microbiology. He also bagged a master’s degree in food microbiology from the same university. Ugochukwu went on to obtain a PhD in molecular biology from the University of North Texas, before taking a certificate programme in instructional technology at Texas A & M University.
On LinkedIn, the researcher describes himself as “a food and environmental microbiologist who is interested in food safety, antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics, bioremediation and bioaugmentation, pharmaceutical and quality control microbiology, HACCP, GMP biofuels, synthetic biology”. Read More…
