Bacteria From Beards Could Help Develop New Antibiotics

Name: Bacteria From Beards Could Help Develop New Antibiotics
Uploaded: 2016-02-03T20:03:55.000Z
Description: The discovery is important at a time when the overuse of man-made antibiotics is making pathogenic bacteria strains increasingly resistant to treatment.

The discovery is important at a time when the overuse of man-made antibiotics is making pathogenic bacteria strains increasingly resistant to treatment.

Feb 3, 2016

Research conducted in London has determined that some of the bacteria growing in men's beards have antibiotic properties. The discovery is important at a time when the overuse of man-made antibiotics is making pathogenic bacteria strains increasingly resistant to treatment. VOA's Zlatica Hoke has more.