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|| health & wellness | AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
by Peter Viner
BACTERIA
THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET
After penicillin was discovered, we thought we wouldn’t have to be afraid
of microbes anymore. But we were wrong. A real war has broken out: we
develop new means of defense against bacterial attacks, but microorgan-
isms rapidly adapt to them. The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has
now become so serious and pervasive t