A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed environmental samples to find new antibiotic candidates. One unique sample, goose poop collected at a local park, had a bacterium that showed antibiotic activity and contained a novel compound that slowed the growth of human melanoma and ovarian cancer cells in lab tests.
The study is published in the journal ACS Omega.
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Wait, you made this account 3 years ago. Is this just a really weird coincidence or are you actually into goose shit?
there's like trillions upon trillions (still too low an estimate) of "undiscovered" molecules out there, that's how
