Cockroaches, Alligators And Other Weird Sources Of New Drugs – SciShow

A solid and bizarre video by SciShow regarding odd ball sources for new drugs. A perfectly good selection for our Education Saturday Series.

Some of humanity’s favorite antibiotics are starting to lose their mojo, in the face of smart, sneaky, and rapidly-evolving bacteria. To find new drugs to combat these superbugs, scientists are looking in some weird new places, like cockroaches’ brains, the blood of alligators, and more.
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