The Need for New Antibiotics

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We are on the precipice of a looming crisis. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the evolution of deadly pathogens like bacteria and fungi to resist all current antimicrobial medicines. In this episode, we talk about how the dwindling supply of new antibiotics is fueling this silen ...  Show more

Antibiotics stopped providing big gains for pharmaceutical companies decades ago, but as bacteria become more resistant to drugs, the world needs new classes of antibiotics to be discovered if we want to prevent the next global health crisis.Dr Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of ...  Show more

On today’s episode: Evolution may not be quite as random as we thought. A new drug is being developed to help deal with the problem of antibiotic resistance. All that and more today on All Around Science...

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