Are We On The Verge Of A Post-Antibiotic World? | Answers With Joe

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Ever since antibiotics were invented, we’ve known that they come with an expiration date. That’s because bacteria, like everything on Earth, evolve. And they are quickly evolving a resistance to the thing protecting us from them.

Read the paper on options in the post-antibiotic era here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325267627_Potential_Treatment_Options_in_a_Post-antibiotic_Era

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Alexander Fleming first discovered penicillin by accident in 1928, and ever since then we’ve been dealing with various types of antibiotic resistance. But it’s the recent trend of pan-resistant bacteria – bacteria that’s resistant to all forms of antibiotics.

Multi-drug resistant forms of pneumonia, salmonella, tuberculosis, and even gonorrhea have surfaced over the last 5 years. And researchers are scrambling to figure out how we’re going to protect ourselves in the age of superbugs.

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https://www.wired.com/story/the-post-antibiotic-era-is-here-now-what/

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-scariest-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-years.html

Are We On The Verge Of A Post-Antibiotic World? | Answers With Joe

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