New arsenic-based broad-spectrum antibiotic
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health threats of our time. There is a pressing need for new and novel antibiotics to combat the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers have now discovered a new broad-spectrum antibiotic that contains arsenic. Arsinothricin is a natural product made by soil bacteria.