Our microbes are a rich source of drugs, researchers discover
Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
Bacteria that normally live in and upon us have genetic blueprints that enable them to make thousands of molecules that act like drugs, and some of these molecules might serve as the basis for new human therapeutics, according to UC San Francisco researchers who report their new discoveries in the September 11, 2014 issue of Cell.