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Research About a New Antibiotic Being Developed from the American Sycamore Tree

South Carolina Public Radio | By Bobbi Conner
Published August 30, 2017 at 5:17 AM EDT
Health Focus

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Mark Hamann about research related to a new antibiotic developed from the leaf of the American Sycamore tree. Dr. Hamann is the Cooper Endowed Chair of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences and Public Health at MUSC.
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Bobbi Conner
Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.
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