The spark. Life-saving antibiotics could be hidden in caves.
May 3 -- The rise of drug-resistant bacteria has created a huge need for new kinds of antibiotics but you can't easily synthesize new antibiotics in a lab - you have to find them in nature. Microbiologist Naowarat Cheeptham has been looking for them in an unlikely place: deep underground in cav...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Bloomberg L. P.,
2016.
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| Series: | Spark.
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| Summary: | May 3 -- The rise of drug-resistant bacteria has created a huge need for new kinds of antibiotics but you can't easily synthesize new antibiotics in a lab - you have to find them in nature. Microbiologist Naowarat Cheeptham has been looking for them in an unlikely place: deep underground in caves, where organisms that have evolved in harsh conditions could provide the key to fighting superbugs. (video by: Katherine Wells, Ryo Ikegami, Alan Jeffries). |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 24, 2019). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (7 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:06:47 |