MRSA breakthrough may spell the end for drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers in Hong Kong believe they may have discovered a way to prevent superbugs mutating and beating antibiotics. Honey Tsang reports.

Ever since the first case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, or MRSA, struck Hong Kong in 2004, researchers have sought a cure for the deadly flesh-eating bacteria.

In 2007, the drug-resistant bug infected 173 people in the city, while 1,258 people were diagnosed with it last year.