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A natural depsipeptide antibiotic binds the E-site of the bacterial ribosome

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By Manpreet Kaur, Dmitrii Y. Travin, Max Berger, Manoj Jangra, Martino Morici, Haaris A. Safdari, Dorota Klepacki, Wenliang Wang, Michael Cook, Sommer Chou, Allison K. Guitor, Kalinka Koteva, Min Xu, Linda Ejim, Aline A Fiebig, Brian K. Coombes, Lesley T. MacNeil, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Alexander S. Mankin, Daniel Wilson, Gerard Wright, Yeganeh Yousefi
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Abstract A key challenge in addressing the antibiotic resistance crisis is identifying new antimicrobial compounds1. Although natural products produced by fungi and bacteria, particularly actinomycetes, have been the source of most antibiotics discovered over the past 80 years, they have fallen out of favour owing to the frequent rediscovery of known drug scaffolds2. The current perception is that antibiotic-producing actinomycetes have been over-mined and possess little novelty left to yield.
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Australia’s Largest Christian News Site

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By Michael Cook
| The Daily Declaration Podcast
22 May 2026 7.7 MINS On 2 March, Hezbollah, the Shia militant group in southern Lebanon attacked northern Israel with drones and rockets to demonstrate their support for Iran. The Israeli Defense Force responded by bombing Beirut and villages across the border. It also advised Shia Lebanese living south of the Litani River to abandon their homes. A million people have fled amid widespread demolitions of villages. The IDF has said that the refugees will not be permitted to return for some time.
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Australia’s Largest Christian News Site

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By Michael Cook
| The Daily Declaration Podcast
23 April 2026 3.5 MINS A NSW parliamentary inquiry into assisted reproduction has put commercial surrogacy in the spotlight, with witnesses clashing over ethics, human rights, and the law. A committee of the New South Wales Parliament has begun hearing testimony about the regulation of assisted reproduction and fertility support. Two all-day sessions were held on 20 and 21 April, and two more have been scheduled for later in the year.
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