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Health
Kathleen Ferguson

The world is running out of treatments for deadly infections, but an ancient animal may hold the answer

Sea sponges have been turned into a living petri dish. (ABC News: Kathleen Ferguson)

The world is facing a major threat from tiny killers that have learned to resist the antibiotics traditionally used to treat them.

But an ancient creature lurking under the sea could hold the answer to new drugs.

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