Crocodiles may offer solution to deadly antibiotic-resistant infections | National News
By Jim Leffman via SWNS Deadly antibiotic-resistant fungal infections could be beaten after a breakthrough discovery in crocodiles. Researchers wanted to know how the ancient creatures avoid infection despite living in filthy estuary waters. The team from Australia’s La Trobe University focused on the crocodiles’ defensins, small proteins that detect and announce an infection to … [Read more…]