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A community-based approach to new antibiotic discovery

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The Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery aims to tap into the potential of the millions of compounds distributed around laboratories globally to be a source of new antibiotic leads by offering free screening for antimicrobial properties, with no strings attached.

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Cooper, M. A community-based approach to new antibiotic discovery. Nat Rev Drug Discov 14, 587–588 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd4706

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