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The limitless world of chemistry and how researchers investigate it.
Albert Alexander was the first known person treated with penicillin. While his ultimately fatal case is well known in medical histories, the cause of his illness has been misattributed for decades.
Science is rarely about an individual genius saving the day.
Resistance to antibiotics is not a new trait, and it is impossible to prevent. But it is possible to avoid its spread.
Pharmaceutical companies focus on small molecules they’ve devised – and can easily patent. But nature’s already come up with many antibacterial compounds that drug designers could use to make medicines.
We’ve been told for a long time that we must take all of our antibiotics. But maybe we didn’t need so many to begin with. Here’s why.
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Emeritus Professor, Brunel University London
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Virology Research Scientist, University of Washington
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Chief Medical Officer at the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials, Nottingham Trent University
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