I've traveled to some 5incredible places across the world in my search for nature's next medicines. We're looking for the next type of 6antibiotic. The work that I do is deeply personal to me. I was born with multiple 7congenital 8defects of my 9skeletal system, which required the 10amputation of my leg at the age of three. I developed a 11hospital acquired infection that nearly took my life. Luckily, back in the 1980s, we still had antibiotics that worked against some of these really bad bacteria. Today, we're not so fortunate.
Craig Hopp, National Ctr. For Complementary & Integrative Health: A lot of our antibiotics have been around for a long time and the 12pathogenic bacteria continue to develop 13resistance to them. Unless you come up with a 14continuous supply of new antibiotics acting by new mechanisms, it's not just enough to have a new antibiotic.