UT Houston Researchers Report That Progress Developing New Antibiotics To Combat ‘Superbugs’ Is ‘Alarmingly Slow’

Bacteria are everywhere: in and on our bodies, in homes, schools, hospitals, public transportation, day-care centers. Many types of bacteria are beneficial and are a crucial element of the fabric of organic life — probiotics in our digestive systems for example. However, with the mid-20th Century development of antibiotic drugs, we became overconfident about our scientific ability to gain the upper hand over pathogenic strains among our ubiquitous microbial fellow-travelers, and are reaping the consequences of our commercial and cultural hubris.

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