Common Marine Sponges May Provide Super-antibiotics Of The Future
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
No matter how sophisticated modern medicine becomes, common ailments like fungal infections can outrun the best of the world's antibiotics. In people with compromised immune systems (like premature babies, AIDS victims or those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer) the risk is very high: contracting a fungal infection can be deadly.