These types of bacteria, also known as "superbugs", don't respond to antibiotic medication. Awards for her work on antibiotic-resistant superbugs and infectious diseases. Vrielink mapped the molecular structure of EptA, a protein that shields superbugs from antibiotics. Wiles is the head of the university's Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab. Edwina Currie was quoted by the media championing the campaign against hospital superbugs. Tasmanian devil milk is being researched for its potential to resist superbugs.