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It's too bad there's no easy way to make resistance work for us, instead of against us. Like finding something else for these to infect, having them get resist
by Natsu 12y ago
It's too bad there's no easy way to make resistance work for us, instead of against us. Like finding something else for these to infect, having them get resistance to the nasty bug, then using the same method to get rid of it.
- eru 12y agoYou might be interested in phage therapy. A phage is a virus that attacks bacteria. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy)
- gus_massa 12y agoMany of the antibiotics are made naturally by fungus to combat bacteria. Once discovered, we just create a synthetic method to prepare them, and perhaps improve the effectiveness and reduce the collateral effects. The canonical example is penicillin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin#History