Polluted Gowanus Canal May Be Source of New Antibiotics

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 16:35 in Biology & Nature

New York City College of Technology Biology Professors Nasreen and Niloufar Haque have announced preliminary findings of their research on the "white stuff" in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. "What we suspected turned out to be true," Nasreen confirmed. "The extracts from the microbes in the water proved to be potential sources of antibiotics or inhibitors."

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