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by reasonattlm
3682 days ago
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Because they took it out for a short test drive and found a viable class of antibiotic compounds without really trying very hard. That is something that would have been expected to take years and a lot of money prior to their advance. It isn't just antibiotics. There are groups using this and analogous methods based on the same conceptual breakthrough to mine the bacterial world for all sorts of stuff, and now their efforts are about a hundred times more effective and efficient. |
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When you go fishing and the very moment your hook touches the water you catch a big fat fish, well, that's probably one hell of a water hole.
And in this case they caught one hell of a fish.