Thanks, Neanderthals: How our ancient relatives could help find new antibiotics
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Resurrecting Ancient Antibiotics
This chapter explores the groundbreaking efforts to sequence ancient genomes from Neanderthals and Denisovans, utilizing machine learning to uncover potential new antibiotics. It highlights the development of Neanderthal peptides, including Neanderthaline 1, showing promise in combatting infections and addressing the ethical implications of reviving ancient molecular biology.
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