Scientists sift soil for new antibiotics
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 04:21
in Biology & Nature
Scientists are looking at diverse sources - such as soil and frog skins - for new antibiotics, worried that doctors will run out of options to treat increasingly antibiotic-resistant infections.
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