by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
Meredith Fore asks: Might a species of 3-meter, 70-kg lizards save humans from our antibiotic resistance crisis? Komodo dragons make antimicrobial peptides that certainly have potential, writes Meredith (@Fore_Says) in a post for her blog. The University of Washington...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 4, 2013 | ScienceWire
Wildly susceptible to sea sickness herself, Chris Tachibana writes about microbiologists on a 9-month ‘round-the-world ocean voyage. The scientists were looking for microbes (like Penicillium) that produce antibiotics, which we are rapidly running out of because of...
