Friday, July 10, 2009

Antibiotics: A Thing of the Past?

Acclaimed scientist and Nobel laureate Kary Mullis details a possible alternative to antibiotics.

Absolutely incredible!

Only about 4 min long:



2 comments:

  1. It's interesting, but I doubt it's the last word in drug design. The pathogen will evolve to not be recognised by the targeting system, just the same as evolving resistance to antibiotics. I guess it'd be easier to create a new, effective targeting aptamer when that happened, though.

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  2. Thomas, I’m sure that you’re right. I’m inclined to think that antibiotics are around for the long haul… Human strategies to combat pathogens will, out of necessity, require a multi-front approach - for the evolutionary reasons that you mentioned.

    Just checked out your blog page – nice! It’s been added to my blog roll.

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