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Can we fund development and stockpile reserves of new, effective antibiotic, all while not selling it to anyone else? As an insurance against bioterrorism, if n
by hamilyon2 8y ago
Can we fund development and stockpile reserves of new, effective antibiotic, all while not selling it to anyone else? As an insurance against bioterrorism, if nothing else.
- dev_dull 8y agoIf you’re a company that can develop a new, effective antibiotic, you’d sell it to everybody and make out like a bandit.
- garmaine 8y agoAt the cost of killing those infected by antibiotic resistant strains now.
- Retric 8y agoFew people die just due to antibiotic resistant bacteria. Generally someone’s immune system is compromised from something like cancer before they are at risk of death. And at that point it’t a race to find what’s going to finish the job.
- jakobegger 8y agoAre there actually pathogens that are resistant against all antibiotics? I assumed that the problem with multi-resistant pathogens was that the patient may not live long enough to try all antibiotics.
- charleslmunger 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_drug-resistant_tuberculosis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_drug-resistant_tuber... But over time it's going to get worse and worse.
- ju-st 8y agoThey exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_of_last_resort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_of_last_resort
- Dylan16807 8y agowell... https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/farmers-chickens-antibiotic-boost-weight-colistin-farm-animals-infections-a8191521.html https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/farmers-chickens-a...
- iknowverylittle 8y agoThere's also phage therapy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy Which is using viruses to kill bacteria. Also I imagine that gene editing might also become a tool in combating infections in the near future.
- zaarn 8y agoSmallpox is a virus so you'd need a virophage or vaccines.