Thursday, February 27, 2020

Metals could be the link to new antibiotics

Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance. Researchers, working with a network of international collaborators, have discovered 23 previously unexplored compounds containing metals such as silver, manganese, zinc, ruthenium and iridium that have antibacterial and antifungal activity.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200227091206.htm

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