Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics
Monday, February 4, 2019 - 09:10
in Biology & Nature
Medicine was transformed in the 20th century by the discovery and development of antibiotics, the vast majority of which came from one source: soil bacteria. But we seem to have tapped out that supply. Resistance by disease-causing pathogens to existing antibiotics is increasing, endangering millions of lives and costing billions of dollars. New surveys of […]