All You Need to Know About The Antibiotic Apocalypse

All You Need to Know About The Antibiotic Apocalypse.

Virulent strains of tuberculosis, gastroenteritis, sepsis, and gonorrhea are a few diseases that have been found to be resistant to current antibiotic treatment. Quite apart from the irresponsible use of current antibiotics to treat common illnesses, and its rampant use on animals that form part of our food chain, disease resistance to antibiotics in use no doubt will grow. Presently, no new medicine in this range is being researched or discovered. This article further explores bacteriophages as an alternative to handle this antibiotic crisis.

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