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Drug Decelerates Bacterial Race to Antibiotic Resistance (www.bcm.edu)
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

doctors over prescribing antibiotics sponsored by big pharma are the culprit

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's part of the equation for sure, but it's really just one of many evolutionary pressures a microbe experiences. Staph's are all resistant to Penicillin as they competed with fungi for resources well before Penicillin was discovered. Yet, curbing the antibiotic free for all would buy researchers more time to figure out solutions.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    i remember reading that bacteriophages can be used to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial illnesses, also maybe nanobots equipped with cas9 enzymes to excize the resistance mutated genes to make antibiotics effective again. nucleotids. idk .. just a hypothesis. scientists know better

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago

    Phage libraries have depth, just wish there was more breadth. Since antibiotics took off, only Russia has paid them any mind. But some of the best collections are in the states. Cool to learn how phages are one of the fastest lifeforms regarding mutation though!

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