Is It Time To Develop Secret Antibiotics?
May 17, 2012 at 09:07 AM EDT
The world may end in fire; it may end in ice. Or it may end in strep throat. So-called “superbugs” – bacteria that have grown resistant to antibiotics – are not a new phenomenon. However, a newly discovered gene called New Delhi metallo-beta- lactamase-1 (or NDM-1) has accelerated the resistance of all sorts of bacteria, [...]
