Bacterial resistance is far from futile. It happens with amazing speed.
For bacterial hosts–like us–on the other hand, Â resistance might be futile, here beyond the end of the age of the “overworked miracle” that once described antibiotics.
Serving suggestion: watch the jaw-dropping video time lapse of bacterial macroevolution whereby a high rate of reproduction, a high degree of genetic mutation and a strong selection pressure show bacteria over 11 days adapting to survive antibiotic levels 1000 times higher than an effective dose for first-time encounters by naive bacteria.
Then read:
Newest superbug found in a Connecticut toddler – The Washington Post
Houston, we have a problem.
And we thought antibiotics would cure everything! We’ve learned a lot since those early days of optimism!
That stop action video was astounding! Unbelievable if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes and seen it was from Harvard.