We are so excited to have had press coverage on our most recent collaborative paper with the Horswill group! Stay tuned to our Twitter feed (@QuaveEthnobot) for news on the discovery. The full original article is available free via Open Access at PLoS ONE. Here are some links to the various news agencies covering the discovery:
- Emory eScience Commons: Chestnut leaves yield extract that disarms deadly bacteria
- Sci-news.com: European Chestnut leaf extract disarms Staphylococcus aureus
- Express.co.uk: Sweet chestnut leaves may hold MRSA cure
- Science Daily: Chestnut leaves yield extract that disarms deadly staph bacteria
- Heraldo.es: Un extracto de las hojas del castaño, eficaz contra las bacterias estafilococos
- Phys.org: Chestnut leaves yield extract that disarms deadly staph bacteria
- Mirror.uk.co: Hospital superbug MRSA could be beaten with an unusual cure
- Express & Star: Sweet chestnut tree chemicals ‘disarm’ MRSA superbug
- GEN News: A not so old chestnut, extract disables MRSA
- Bild der Wissenschaft: Antibiotikum-alternative aus Kastanienblattern?
- BioTechniques: Cutting off communication
