Potential treatments from cryptic genes
Date: 6.6.2008
Big pharma gave up on **soil bacteria** as a **source of antibiotics** too soon, according to research published in the June issue of Microbiology. Scientists have been mining **microbial genomes** for new natural products that may have applications in the treatment of **MRSA** and **cancer** and have made some exciting discoveries.
"Society for General Microbiology":[ http://www.sgm.ac.uk/news/releases/JM.0608.GC.1.cfm]
