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Day: January 8, 2015
Antibiotics: US Discovery Labelled “Game Changer” For Medicine
The decades-long drought in antibiotic discovery could be over after a breakthrough by US scientists. The researchers turned to the source of nearly all antibiotics – soil. This is teeming with microbes, but only 1% can be grown in the laboratory. The team created a “subterranean hotel” for bacteria. One bacterium was placed in each “room” and the whole device was buried in soil.
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