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Arctic Ocean Microbes Offer Potential New Antibiotics Against Viruses‌ ‌

Research vessel Kronprins Haakon in the Arctic Ocean. The research shows how advanced screening assays can identify anti-virulence and antibacterial metabolites from actinobacteria extracts. YANNIK SCHNEIDER VIA SWNS.

A potential new source for drugs to fight deadly viruses has been discovered – at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

The “promising” antibiotic candidates were found in microbes deep in the sea, say scientists.

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