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DNA Sequencing of Penicillin Bug Could Lead to More Effective Antibiotics
Professor Hugh Pennington, an expert in bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen, said the genome sequence might well lead to the development of new antibiotics.
"If we understand the genome we might be able to manipulate the genes."
He said traditionally antibiotics had been found just from looking at what fungi produce, but in recent years scientists had been trying to modify existing treatments, BBC reports.
"All the easy targets have been hit by one drug or another so it's proving very difficult to find new compounds and we're going to need some lateral thinking.
"If the genome helps to do antibiotic development quicker, then that can only be a good thing."
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