Antibiotics

Next Time You Have an Infection, Think of the Earth

Published by on September 25, 2022
Next Time You Have an Infection, Think of the Earth

The discovery of antibiotics is one of the most important medical discoveries in history (Hutchings, Truman and Wilkinson, 2019). Over the last century, we have seen drastic development of new antibiotics, which are used in a number of cases, such as treatment of infections, treatment of cancer, and in aquaculture (Hutchings, Truman and Wilkinson, 2019). Read the full article…

Antibiotics: Man’s Degradation of Nature’s Protection Mechanism

Published by on September 24, 2012

The use of antibiotics has spurred modern medicine into what we know today. However, antibiotic resistance has caused a crisis within our society. Each year, about 25 000 deaths are attributed to drug resistant infections in Europe alone, in addition to the 1.27 billion dollars lost in hospital and outpatient costs and treatment failures (McKenna, Read the full article…