24-05-2025
- Science
- Wall Street Journal
A Search for New Antibiotics in Ancient DNA
Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic.
In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has eradicated superbugs—bacteria that are resistant to today's antibiotics and cause infections that are hard to treat—says César de la Fuente, the bioengineer who helped discover the molecule.
