Pennsylvania: Scientists report that the microbial space in the human gut is opening up potential avenues for new antibiotics.
Marcelo Torres, a research associate in bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, says molecules isolated from studies of the gut microbiome have yielded unexpected results that could help develop new types of drugs.
In a news release from the university, Marcelo Torres said that the interesting thing is that the sequence of these molecules is different from the molecules traditionally considered to be antimicrobial. The discovered compounds reveal a new class and their unique properties will help to understand antimicrobials and expand their sequence space.
In a news release, the study’s senior authors, Cesar de la Fuente and Marcelo Torres, said in a news release that new, talented antimicrobials are produced in the gut and bacteria fight each other to survive in the gut.
Cesar de la Fuente said that it is a very harsh environment. In us, these bacteria live simultaneously but are fighting each other. Such an environment can be the cause of any innovation.
In a study published in the journal Cell, scientists analyzed the gut microbiome of nearly 2,000 people.