Trawling for the next generation of antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean

Saturday, February 16th 2013 - 20:44 UTC

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Researchers are embarking on an £8m project to discover new antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean. A team, led by scientists at Aberdeen University, is hunting for undiscovered chemicals among life that has evolved in deep sea trenches.Prof Marcel Jaspars said the team hoped to find “the next generation” of infection-fighting drugs. Read full article

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Bongo
Maybe they'll find the Holy Grail, a crashed UFO and a pickle jar containing Charles Darwin's beard.
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reality check
Try them out on RG lies, cure them, cure anything!
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