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NWTC Students and Their Search For New Antibiotics

December 6th, 2018|

Students at NWTC have wrapped up a year-long effort to try to discover new antibiotics. And they're about to present their findings, aimed at solving what the CDC calls a growing crisis.

“Tiny Earth” Targets Global Health Crisis

December 5th, 2018|

The "Tiny Earth" initiative is intent on discovering solutions to the problem, which is why UW-Green Bay professor Brian Merkel considers his students the best medicine against the threat to global health.

Answers in the Earth?

October 18th, 2018|

Honors biology students at Mount Saint Mary's University in Los Angeles analyze campus soil as part of international search for new, effective antibiotics.