Search for new antibiotics with a golden Dalek · 10:28pm Jun 9th, 2016
One for Doctor Who fans:
There is a Dalek in the BBC that could actually help save your life
Bacteria evolving resistance to antibiotics is a problem of increasingly concern to healthcare professionals worldwide. There is an urgent need to develop new antibiotics to combat potential future superbugs. Hence a project is in progress to search for new antibiotic producing microbes in everyday environments. Among a selection of samples collected from the BBC premises, a potentially promising strain was collected from a resident Dalek.
Now mum has an even better excuse to tell kiddie to stop picking their nose. You dont know if theres a cure for cancer some day in there.
¡Exterminate pathogenic microbes!