Scientists in the United States have isolated a powerful agent in crocodile blood which could help conquer human infections immune standard antibiotics.The discovery was made thanks to the curiosity of a BBC science producer filming a documentary about saltwater crocodiles in Australia, the BBC director general Greg Dyke on Thursday showed.
“Our producer noticed something that surprised her – despite the horrendous injuries the Crocs imposed on each other, their wounds rarely get infected,” he told the annual dinner of the Science Museum in London.
“He spoke with a young croc expert who agreed that it would be interesting to try to discover why.
“After many adventures, had their blood samples and last week a leading research institutes isolated from these samples of what I’m told is a novel antimicrobial peptide. » Read more: Croc Blood Battle Superbugs
“He spoke with a young croc expert who agreed that it would be interesting to try to discover why.
“After many adventures, had their blood samples and last week a leading research institutes isolated from these samples of what I’m told is a novel antimicrobial peptide. » Read more: Croc Blood Battle Superbugs
