Ancient Ice Bacteria Hold Clues to Superbug Defense

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The samples recovered from the Romanian ice cave offer a powerful example of this idea.
59% : A team of Romanian scientists drilled a 25-metre ice core from the Scǎrișoara Cave in search of clues for developing new medicines.
55% : The 5,000-year-old ice yielded samples of ancient bacteria.
54% : This included several that are on the World Health Organization list of high-priority pathogens.
50% : The bacteria preserved in Romanian ice illustrate how deeply rooted antibiotic resistance is within the natural world.
49% : In laboratory tests, chemicals produced by the ice cave samples were able to kill or inhibit 14 different types of bacteria known to cause human disease.
45% : The ice cave bacteria's DNA also contains numerous genes with no clearly identified role.
44% : Rising temperatures are accelerating the melting of global land ice.

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