# New Antibiotic EVG7 Targets Deadly Gut Infection While Sparing Microbiome

- slug: new-antibiotic-evg7-targets-deadly-gut-infection-while-sparing-microbiome
- date: 2026-03-13
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Researchers at Leiden University have developed a new antibiotic that can combat the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile using a much smaller dose than current treatments — and it appears to spare

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