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Media highlight: Dal researcher using plant biology to improve human health

Posted by Medicine on April 21, 2016 in Media Highlights

Dr. Zhenyu Cheng, a microbiologist at Dalhousie Medical School, is using plant biology to improve antibiotics. He's studying a bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The microbe is particularly dangerous for people living with cystic fibrosis; it's the leading cause of their morbidity.

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=852680&binId=1.1145729&playlistPageNum=1