Technology unlocks mold genomes for new drugs
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 10:02
in Biology & Nature
Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but numerous challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping into this bounty. Now scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the biotech company Intact Genomics have developed technology that uses genomics and data analytics to efficiently screen for molecules produced by molds to find new drug leads—maybe even the next penicillin.