Major breakthrough could lead to new antibiotics for human use
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 05:56
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- The means to fully understand and exploit a type of fungus that could form the basis of a new class of antibiotics has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. With certain strains of bacteria becoming resistant to existing drugs, there is a growing need to find new sources of antibiotics.