40 Years Without A New Antibiotic. Why?
40 Years Without A New Antibiotic. Why? with tags minuteearth, minute earth, minutephysics, minute physics, earth, history, science, environment, environmental science, earth science, petri dish, microbiology, antibiotics, medicine
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Most medical science moves at super-speed; researchers are constantly developing new medications, techniques, surgeries, you name it. Except for antibiotics: we haven’t gotten a single new type of antibiotic ready to give to patients in over 40 years.
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- Antibiotics: a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
- Petri dish: a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms.
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