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Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria

  • Written by Ivan Erill, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Antibiotic resistance can spread between microbes within hours.Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

Imagine a world where your odds of surviving minor surgery were one to three. A world in which a visit to the dentist could spell disaster. This is the world into which your great-grandmother was born. And if humanity loses the fight against antibiotic...

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