Monthly Archives: July 2014

What would we do without antibiotics?

Generic pink bacteria

At one point antibiotics were a cure-all. Go to the doctor for any little ailment, antibiotics were prescribed and then you’re cured. Overprescription, patients not finishing their full course of antibiotics and some very clever evolution on the part of bacteria has led to antibiotic resistance becoming a wide-spread problem. Discovery of penicillin When Alexander… Read more »

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