Fossil Drugs: Antibiotics as the fossil fuels of medicine

Friday, 18 November 2022 — MROnline

| By Leslee Lazar | MR Online

By Leslee Lazar

The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity’s greatest achievements. But we didn’t invent them. Long before humans, microorganisms in soil evolved these molecules. It was not until the mid-twentieth century, however, that these molecules were isolated by humans and mass-produced for medicine.

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