SUPERBUG BREAKTHROUGH: Bacteria For New Antibiotics Found In River In Chile

Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, undated. They were testing the ability of the cholera-causing bacteria to survive in water but ended up detecting two new pathogen inhibitors.  Note: Licensed photo.  (Universidad de Chile/Newsflash) Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, undated. They were testing the ability of the cholera-causing bacteria to survive in water but ended up detecting two new pathogen inhibitors. Note: Licensed photo. (Universidad de Chile/Newsflash)
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05 September 2022
Scientists have discovered two bacteria with great antibiotic potential in a river in Chile. The breakthrough comes as the search for new bacteria to develop antibiotics is one of humankind’s greatest health challenges as bacterial infections are increasingly resistant to conventional...