"Ants' Healing Power: A Key to Understanding Drug-Resistant Bacteria"

Sub-Saharan Matabele ants have a remarkable ability to heal their wounded comrades by producing and applying antimicrobial substances to infected injuries, with potential implications for human medicine in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. The ants' behavior has led scientists to study their wound-care approaches and the substances they produce, which could offer insights for new anti-infectives discovery. The ants' precision hunting and social behavior, including performing a type of triage for injured individuals, have sparked interest in further research into wound care in the animal kingdom.