The fight against antibiotic resistance has taken a step forward after scientists discovered how bacteria hide from drugs in the body.
But although scientists have known that drugs adapt to evade antibiotics they did not know how they were doing it.
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This year’s Nikon Small World Motion Photomicrography Competition has given us a fascinating glimpse into the realm of the extremely tiny. Watch a flea giving birth and a zebrafish embryo developing its complex nervous system. And that’s just the start. Source:[Insider Science]
Antibiotics: behind the scenes, they enable much of modern medicine. We use them to cure infectious diseases, and to safely facilitate everything from surgery to chemotherapy to organ transplants. Gerry Wright shares what we can do about antibiotic resistance.
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Episode 4: Breaking the Silent Threat: Shraddha Karve on Confronting Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Shraddha Karve noticed that bacteria evolved in oxidative stress and other conditions were becoming resistant to antibiotics without any exposure to them.
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