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Scientists to extract ancient bacteria from Batagai depression in bid to create new antibiotic range 04 March 2021 Expedition to the worldâs biggest permafrost âcraterâ in Yakutia seeks secret of taming antimicrobial resistance. We see that the situation with antibiotic resistance is very difficult indeed, and it is in the interests of both us (as scientists) and society to obtain prototypes of drugs for the treatment of hospital-obtained infections, and then bring them to production’, said Dr Artemy Goncharov, head of the Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Microorganisms at the Institute of Experimental Medicine Researchers from St Petersburg Institute of Experimental Medicine are to study viruses and bacteria extracted from permafrost deposits of a giant thermokarst depression, known as the Batagai crater, to see if they might serve modern medicine in producing a new range of antibiotics. ....