U.S. News & World Report Antibiotics gain resistance, researchers fight back Imagine a world where there is no cure for strep throat, pneumonia or a simple ear infection. Today, most bacterial infections can be treated with a trip to the doctor and a quick round of antibiotics—but experts say this won’t be the case if bacteria continue to build resistance. The majority of antibiotics come from […]
Boston Magazine Dirty meds The world desperately needs new drugs. In the decades since our discovery of antibiotics, disease-causing bacteria have evolved to resist them; at least 23,000 people die in the U.S. each year due to untreatable infections. Fortunately, a pair of local researchers may have found the answer right in our backyard. They’ve identified one potentially game-changing, […]