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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cheeptham, Naowarat (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Bloomberg L. P., 2016.
Series:Spark.
Subjects:
Bacteria > Identification.
Antibiotics > Biotechnology.
Medicine > Research.
Drug resistance.
Médecine > Recherche.
Résistance aux médicaments.
Antibiotics > Biotechnology
Bacteria
Drug resistance
Medicine > Research
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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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).
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 24, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 minutes)
Playing Time:00:06:47