Rise of the Superbug - Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Dr. Karl Klose at TEDxSanAntonio
Please note: Due to a power outage at the event, there is a gap in the middle section of this talk. We do not have capture of that section of the talk, but wanted to ...
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Translator: Hao-Wei Chang Reviewer: Diba Szamosi Antibiotics were the wonder drugs of the 20th century. Now, amazingly antibiotics are responsible for extending the average human life about ten years. But we are currently in the middle of a global crisis where antibiotics are loosing their effectiveness against infectious diseases. The headlines, if you can see them, are very alarming. Bacteria are rapidly becoming resistant to all of the antibiotics that we currently use. Now, in order to understand the nature of this problem, you have to understand bacteria. We live in a world filled with bacteria. Bacteria are everywhere. Everything that you look at, everything you touch, everything you put in your mouth, everything you sit on is covered with millions and millions of b...
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Translator: Hao-Wei Chang Reviewer: Diba Szamosi Antibiotics were the wonder drugs of the 20th century. Now, amazingly antibiotics are responsible for extending the average human life about ten years. But we are currently in the middle of a global crisis where antibiotics are loosing their effectiveness against infectious diseases. The headlines, if you can see them, are very alarming. Bacteria are rapidly becoming resistant to all of the antibiotics that we currently use. Now, in order to understand the nature of this problem, you have to understand bacteria. We live in a world filled with bacteria. Bacteria are everywhere. Everything that you look at, everything you touch, everything you put in your mouth, everything you sit on is covered with millions and millions of b...
