MILWAUKEE - A biologist from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, looking not for clams, but for bacteria and fungi that develop anti-bacterial chemicals that could be developed into life-saving drugs for humans.
Biologist Yi-Qiang Cheng and a graduate student, Melissa Barman, say the soils of the Great Lakes might harbor an untapped pharmacy — a trove of new drug agents that could be developed into antibiotics, cancer drugs and fungus fighters.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050530/ap_on_sc/lakes_drugs_1
Posted by Dave at May 30, 2005 02:21 PM