Living with the enemy

• Autores: Drew Smith
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3120, 2017, págs. 39-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Indiscriminately wiping out bacteria may be contributing to rising levels of asthma, allergies, obesity and many more conditions. These effects, together with the growing threat from antibiotic resistance, have some researchers advocating a sea change in the battle against the bugs: after 70 years of fighting to wipe them out, it may be time for a truce. If humans can disarm harmful bacteria without killing them, they may be able to reduce antibiotic resistance, take the strain off these overworked drugs and leave the helpful inhabitants be. Here, Smith talks about how antibiotics lead bacteria to develop resistance to drugs