Perhaps Sloth Fur Could Save Your Life

Image caption: Bradypus variegatus is one of two species of sloth whose fur has been found to harbor microbes with the potential to fight antibiotic resistance. Image credit: Inga Locmele / Shutterstock.com. Article by Stephen Luntz. IFL Science – May 2, 2023. Source study: Environmental Microbiology.

There’s a whole ecosystem going on in the fur of sloths that we could harness to fight antibiotic resistance, but progress is predictably slow.

If you’re looking for a medical superhero, it might be hard to find anything less convincing than a sloth, yet in the fur of these notoriously sluggish animals lies bacteria that produce antibiotics that might just save us all. […]

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