Costa Rican sloth antibiotics offer hope for human medicine

CAHUITA, Costa Rica – The fur of Costa Rican sloths appears to harbor antibiotic-producing bacteria that scientists hope may hold a solution to the growing problem of "superbugs" resistant to humanity's dwindling arsenal of drugs.

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