microbe talk: could snake venom contain antibiotics?

posted on april 23, 2020   by 英格兰vs美国谁会赢?

this month on microbe talk, laura speaks with alice fraser from the liverpool school of tropical medicine. alice is part of a research team looking for new antibiotics in unexpected places. listen to the episode to find out about her research searching for antibiotic proteins in snake venoms and find out what alice has found so far.

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could snake venom contain antibiotics?


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