In a world of continuing antibiotic resistance do we to resurrect another approach to kill dangerous bacteria? I recently read an article on how many bacteria can live on antibiotic compounds as their source for carbon (Antibiotics For A Meal). Antibiotics have improved the lives of many humans, but maybe we need another main stream approach to fighting infection? Science Friday covered using bacteriophages (Phages Fight Bacteria) as an approach to fighting these bugs. There is something interesting to me about infecting the infection in a human for the battle of health. There is this benefit of specificity that comes along with using bacteriophages that does not seem to be present with typical antibiotics. Have a read and a listen… this is a good mix of chemistry and biology.
Archive for April, 2008
Antibiotic Resistance
Published April 7, 2008 Science in General 2 CommentsTags: antibiotics, bacteria, biology, chemistry