Many articles describe the rise of superbugs - bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs - as inevitable. But society has the knowledge to stop the spread of these microbes.
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Cholera kills fast, and outbreaks are common in war-torn regions and after natural disasters where clean water is scarce. A new strategy to prevent cholera infections is a ‘cocktail’ of live virus.
Bacteria are becoming resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. These expensive, hard-to-treat infections are prompting physicians to reassess using viruses to destroy bacteria.
Just because you don’t have the flu doesn’t mean that your aren’t teeming with viruses inside and out. But what are all these viruses doing, if they aren’t making you sick?
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to work on how to use the principles of evolution to create new medical treatments and renewable fuels.
When commemorating our troops, doctors and nurses this Anzac Day, consider also tipping your hat to the discovery of bacteriophages. In the post-antibiotic era, our health might just depend on them.
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director of Microbiology, University of California, San Diego
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Visiting Scientist, The Rockefeller University
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Senior Lecturer in School of Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Monash University
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Lecturer in Bacteriophage Bioinformatics, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
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Professor of Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Precision Medicine and Emerging Biotechnologies, Arizona State University
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Master's student in the Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program, McMaster University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Microbiology, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester