The University of Strathclyde’s Institute for Drug Research, or the SIDR, is bringing together scientists to focus on the discovery of natural products that could lead to new medical products. Their hope is to find new drugs to fight diseases such as cancer and resistant infections like MRSA. CABI, a leading bioservices organization, has one of the largest genetic collections of fungi, over 28,000 strains, which the SIDR will be screening to identify compounds that could be potentially developed into drugs that will combat many diseases. There are already drugs derived from fungi such ad penicillin and this huge collection of fungi gives hope to many, many, more for the future. Fungal antibiotics stimulate the production of human antibiotics which will kill bacterial and viral infections. I expect we will be hearing more about fungal and Phage Therapies as the search for a cure continues with good results coming from both, perhaps used in conjunction.