Science Matters: Innovative Strategy Identifies New Antibiotic Class From The Microbiome
Executive Summary
New research lays out both method and proof of principle for a strategy that combines bioinformatics and synthetic chemistry to enable more expansive development of antibiotics and other drugs derived from natural products.
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