#Antimicrobial resistance

Author: Megan Molteni / Source: WIRED In November 2015, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, evolutionary psychologist Tom Patterson, were spending the week of Thanksgiving exploring pyramids and pharaoh’s tombs in Egypt when Patterson came down with what seemed

Author: Matt Davis / Source: Big Think CDC estimates say that 154 million antibiotic prescriptions are given out each year, 30 percent of which are unnecessary. The overuse of antibiotics have led to the rise of nigh-untreatable superbugs. Phage therapy offers a promising new way to overcome

Source: Big Think Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens are one of the largest threats to global health today. As we get older, our immune systems age, increasing our risk of life threatening infections. Without reliable antibiotics, life expectancy could decline for the first time in modern

Source: Big Think Jill Inverso, MS, PhD, holds degrees in the areas of immunology and infectious diseases. She has over 25 years of combined experience in academic medical research and pharmaceutical R&D. She is currently the Executive Director, Disease Area Lead – Infectious Diseases in the

Author: Laurel Hamers / Source: Science News Drug-resistant bacteria have a new challenger. A new molecule can kill deadly strains of common bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, that are resistant to most existing antibiotics. The drug works differently from currently