Scientists 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 hit - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

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Scientists 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 hit

5d 2h ago by lemmy.world/u/Innerworld in medicine@mander.xyz from today.uic.edu

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