on January 8, 2015 in World News
New antibiotic found in ‘grassy field’ proves effective against drug-resistant bacteria
New antibiotic found in ‘grassy field’ proves effective against drug-resistant bacteria Researchers may have found a new antibiotic that bacteria will not become resistant to for decades, according to a new study. The discovery came not in a lab, but in soil from Maine, using a little-known device that’s “generating excitement.” Dr. Kim Lewis, director of Northeastern University’s Antimicrobial Discovery Center, sought to find a new source of antibiotics other than synthesizing them in a lab. So he and Slava Epstein, a biology professor at the same Boston, Massachusetts school, headed into “a grassy field in Maine,” Lewis told reporters… View Article
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