Thursday, January 24, 2013

Antibiotic-resistant diseases pose 'apocalyptic' threat, top expert says | Society | The Guardian

 

"In the past, most people haven't worried because we've always had new antibiotics to turn to," said Alan Johnson, consultant clinical scientist at the Health Protection Agency. "What has changed is that the development pipeline is running dry. We don't have new antibiotics that we can rely on in the immediate future or in the longer term."

Antibiotic-resistant diseases pose 'apocalyptic' threat, top expert says | Society | The Guardian

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