Recently in the journal Nature , an article was published characterizing the oldest known example of a fungus. The organism, termed an Ourasphaira, was approximately one billion years old and was found in what was believed to be an ancient river bed in Canada. For comparison sake, the oldes...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achaogen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative antibacterial agents to address multi-drug resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, announced today it has reached agreements to sell substan...

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett Writing about antibiotic innovators is a quandary for me because I have to balance between the need for investment profits for investors vs. my social responsibility. It's an inte...