When students ask me, as a historian of medicine, what I'm most afraid of, I tell them, "antibiotic resistance."
Antibiotics are one of the greatest discoveries/inventions in history. Let's please stop attacking science. Thanks, bye.
Antibiotics are one of the greatest discoveries/inventions in history. Let's please stop attacking science. Thanks, bye.
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Wim Meijer
Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Antibiotics are a huge reason gov funding in med research=so important. It's not a big money maker, unlike something like Oxycontin.
People often don't realise that pharmaceutical Co's don't invest in research for antibiotics because it's not a big $ maker.
It's no coincidence that the profits of drug companies & their payouts to CEOs & investors have exploded since 1987.
Personally, I think that drug co's (with gov funding) should be forced to put a%of $ into research unprofitable meds