Here’s a new wrinkle. Our antibiotics are compounds that interfere with bacterial cell wall production, membrane integrity, protein biosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. But, given our overuse (and incomplete drug regimens), the microbes we hope to kill have already developed resistance to the antibiotics in our arsenal.
Continue reading Let’s get MRSA!
I have run into this problem since grad school. What’s the plural of virus? Is it viri? Virus? Viruses?
Continue reading The age of phage?
Yesterday, we finished our discussion of fish- and how what we buy (actually who grows them) is increasing antibiotic resistance. After all, if we keep feeding fish a slew of antibiotics, it shouldn’t be surprising that more microbes learn how to fight off our pharmaceutical defenses.
Continue reading Potent Antibiotics Weaken with Triclosan
