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The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand's unique fungi are a source of promising compounds

  • Written by: Siouxsie Wiles, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland
The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand's unique fungi are a source of promising compoundsShara van der Pas, CC BY-SA

While we’re all rightly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic at the moment, the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn’t the only microbial threat we face.

Back in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that within a decade, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could make routine surgery, organ transplantation and cancer...

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