Innerworld@lemmy.world to Medicine@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoScientists sifting through a 75-year-old soil bacterium’s chemical leftovers just discovered manikomycin, an antibiotic that kills superbugs by blocking a ribosome site no drugs have ever hittoday.uic.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkScientists sifting through a 75-year-old soil bacterium’s chemical leftovers just discovered manikomycin, an antibiotic that kills superbugs by blocking a ribosome site no drugs have ever hittoday.uic.eduInnerworld@lemmy.world to Medicine@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
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