Medicine & TechnologyResearchers find fungi to be an untapped natural resource that can curb antibiotic resistance and other diseases by developing new antibiotics.
At the forefront of the fight against antibiotic resistance, a team of scientists led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers have developed a new weapon. The second-generation antibiotic shows early effectiveness against common bacterial infections that have the potential to develop antibiotic resistance and pose a serious health threat to children and adults.