New penicillin found in wallaby milk

[den]

Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more effective than penicillin - in wallaby milk. Researchers found the highly-potent compound, tagged AGG01, was active against a wide variety of fungi and bacteria including antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Help for humankind from small, cute, furry, insane creatures.

Comments

[frith]

That could be very handy in treating macropods. They tend to be fragile under stress.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Apparently tamar wallaby joeys don't have an immune system for the first 100 days, and scientists were wondering how the joey survived so they went looking. Nifty answer!