# Nature is the world’s original pharmacy – returning to medicine’s roots could help fill drug discovery gaps

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/nature-is-the-worlds-original-pharmacy-returning-to-medicines-roots-could-help-fill-drug-discovery-gaps-3/
- Published: 2022-08-05T10:00:46-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Around 75% of antibiotics, including penicillin and amphotericin B, are derived from natural products. Photo credit: Aphiwat Chuangchoem / EyeEm via Getty Images. Article by Ashu Tripathi. July 27, 2022 While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern medicine as we know it today got going only in the 19th and 20th centuries. So how did humans successfully survive through millions of years of diseases and illnesses without modern drugs and treatments? […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com