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The problem is similar to making rat poison that's safe to eat, e.g. it's fundamentally tricky. Add to that the usual problems with drug discovery+development,
by xkcd-sucks 10y ago
The problem is similar to making rat poison that's safe to eat, e.g. it's fundamentally tricky.
Add to that the usual problems with drug discovery+development, e.g. stuff that works in a dish doesn't always work when critters eat it.
Add the problem that new antibiotics should be used only when necessary, e.g. you won't sell a lot of product until it's really old and off patent
- fleitz 10y agoNo, it's nothing like rat poison because bacteria cellular pathways are a more different than eurakayotic cellular pathways. This is why most antibiotics work against many bacteria just as rat poison works on most mammals.