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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 457–458 (1 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0807-457

Therapeutic treasures from the deep

David A Hopwood

The threat of antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' is constantly in the news. Likewise, the media are fascinated by the hope of developing 'magic bullets' that would kill cancer cells without damaging the human body as current treatments do.