Thursday, June 1, 2023 NIAID Service IDs 3,000 Natural Products for Disease-Fighting Potential Caption: This scanning electron micrograph shows Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in gold. Credit: NIAID   Natural products have historically provided a wealth of opportunities to fight bacterial and fungal infections. In a new study published in ACS Infectious Diseases, NIAID used its preclinical screening service to help National Cancer Institute scientists evaluate natural products for disease-fighting potential against bacteria and fungi. Target pathogens include drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. Collaborating with the NCI Program for Natural Product Discovery, the project has screened more than 300,000 natural products and found more than 3,000 sources for additional investigation and potential development.  The proof-of-concept study identified many new samples to investigate that had not previously been known to fight bacterial and fungal infections – and opens the potential to find more unknown natural antibiotic compounds. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107