'Milk Tasmanian devil can kill resistant bacteria'

The milk of Tasmanian devils can potentially be used for killing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.

The milk of female devils contains so-called peptides, basic elements of a protein, which can combat some drug-resistant bacteria. This makes it possible, for example to control hospital infections.

That discovered researchers at Sydney University, the BBC writes. The animals have the peptides,  probably to created the grow of there young better.

Researchers have focused on marsupials, because growing up in that animal group the lad  grew up in a dirty environment. Tasmanian devils give birth to a pup after a week of pregnancy, which subsequently four months growing up in the pouch.

Components of the milk can be used to fight the infectious disease MRSA.

Infection, which is not harmful, but may cause major problems as the bacterium enters the body through an open wound in most cases. MRSA is resistant to the most common forms of antibiotics.