In 1995, he joined Cubist (nasdaq: CBST - news - people ), saying he hoped to design a new generation of antibiotics to combat "super bugs"--deadly pathogens that are resistant to just about every drug in the antibiotic arsenal.

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She was infected with Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccocus Aureus - MRSA - one of the so-called "super bugs" which are highly resistant to treatment.

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