Accidental discovery of new antibiotic proven effective after several experiments – News-Medical.net

It all happened by chance.
It was a hot summer day nine years ago. Inside the laboratory, the team was working on cancer research. On the lab bench, various medications were being tested on cancer cells.
But it was getting too hot, and the workday was far from over. Someone opened the window and let in the cool summer air.
A few days later, Professor Marit Otterlei from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) found out that there had been an infection in some of the cancer c…

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