Researchers discover new antibiotics by sifting through the human microbiome

Researchers discover new antibiotics by sifting through the human microbiome New York NY (SPX) Nov 17, 2016 - Most antibiotics in use today are based on natural molecules produced by bacteria - and given the rise of antibiotic resistance, there's an urgent need to find more of them. Yet coaxing bacteria to produce new antibiotics is a tricky proposition. Most bacteria won't grow in the lab. And even when they do, most of the genes that cause them to churn out molecules with antibiotic properties never g ... more

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