Tag Archives: antibiotics
Evolutionary Trade Off: A solution to anti-biotic resistance?
We all have heard of a saying, “That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” by Friedrich Nietzsche. This is especially true in case of bacteria, organisms that are found everywhere ranging from “on us” to “inside us”. these microscopic … Continue reading
Antibiotics in Agriculture: We Can’t Afford It.
Poultry and Pigs combined are 2% of the animal weight we put in our denominator but these two groups consume 34% or 22,000 kgs of antibiotics sold for agriculture each year. Continue reading
Science news: WHO Report on Antibiotic Resistance & the Restorative Powers of Young Blood
The World Health Organization has recently released a report on the global incidence of antibiotic resistance in pathogens (summary). Antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally. This is a call to action for reporting from individual nations so that we … Continue reading