How soil could provide tomorrow's antibiotic drugs
US scientists have called out for soil samples from around the globe after finding 'hotspots' of naturally occurring micro-organisms and agents in New Mexico, Brazil and India that could help develop future medicines.
Microbiologist Dr Jake Malone from Norwich says soil is home to millions of different micro-organisms like fungi and bacteria, which could take between five and 10 years to develop into tomorrow's drugs.
Jo Black reports.
20 Jan 2015