Mexican researcher Nora Vázquez Laslop helps drive breakthrough antibiotic discovery

A team of international scientists, including Mexican researcher Nora Vázquez Laslop, discovered manikomycin, an antibiotic that targets a previously unexplored site on bacterial ribosomes, potentially offering new solutions to antibiotic resistance. The compound was isolated from Streptomyces rimosus, a soil bacterium known for producing other antibiotics.