The neuralgic period of antibiotic therapy history in which we are now prompts to intense search for new natural antibiotics, for example in environmental samples. The main areas of such search are sea water and soil. However, among plenty of microorganisms living in natural environment only 1% of st...
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Ribosomes are cell structures in which proteins are formed. By blocking ribosome active site, antibiotics are able to destroy bacterial cell. During BioForum 2014 Professor Ada Yonath has explained why this phenomenon is so important. ...
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Human beings are constantly exposed to microbial and viral attack in every kind of the environment. There are pathogens in the air, on skin of other people, on the surface of things we use every day. Some of them even surprisingly high. Recently, paper money was reported to carry more germs than a to...
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