Scientists Resurrect #Prehistoric #Molecules in Search of Modern #Medicine
Researchers taught living #microbes to interpret #genetic info from their ancient relatives, allowing them to synthesize compounds dubbed “#paleofurans” that last existed in #Pleistocene era, when #mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and #Neanderthals still roamed our planet.
#Antibiotics of tomorrow might just have their origins in the deep past thanks to a new class of compounds called "paleofurans."
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvxmw/in-breakthrough-scientists-resurrect-prehistoric-molecules-in-search-of-modern-medicine