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Can We Avoid an Antibiotic Apocalypse?
More and more diseases are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Within a few decades, we’ll enter the “post-antibiotic era,” a time when even the most routine infections could threaten our lives. It’s a frightening prospect — but we may have some novel bacteria-fighting tricks up our sleeve.
Antibiotics, also known as antimicrobials, have been called a “miracle cure” — and for good reason. When these bacteria-fighting drugs were first introduced to the public in the 1940s they became an instant game-changer. Widespread infections could suddenly be treated with astounding efficacy, warding off blights like syphilis, gonorrhoea, leprosy, and tuberculosis. This medical revolution resulted in an increase in overall human lifespan.
The first antibiotic, penicillin, was developed by the Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming in 1928. As a term, “antibiotics” was originally used to describe any…SEE– http://alien-ufo-community.ning.com/forum/topics/can-we-avoid-an-antibiotic-apocalypse?xg_source=activity
