Antibiotic resistance
The NDM-1 “Superbug”: The Next Global Health Crisis?
With its emergence on the Indian subcontinent, Europe, and now the United States, New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase, the NDM-1 “superbug,” so called for its resistance to nearly every antibiotic currently in use, has garnered significant attention worldwide. NDM-1 should be regarded as both a public health threat and the latest warning of the dwindling efficacy [...]
The Fight Against Superbugs
While the term “superbugs” sounds like a concept from a science fiction novel, it is far from fiction. This phenomenon is in fact a dangerous reality of our times. Various types of bacteria have become immune to the antibiotics that are used to treat them, leading to the spread of diseases, thousands of deaths, and [...]
New on Aisle 4: Future of the In Vitro Meat Industry
The current large-scale methods of animal agriculture are so brutal and inefficient that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has offered a one million dollar reward to the first scientist that can produce in vitro meat, a term that describes meat that is grown externally from cells taken from a live animal.1 PETA [...]
Staphylococcus Aureus: Horizontal Gene Transfer Scaring Antibiotics
Effective policy implementation is a challenging task, especially when taking into account a particular country’s large size and vast bureaucracy, such as those of the United States. One of the many fields that require constant attention is healthcare policy. Factors like age, social backgrounds, and community settings interact together to create a complex dynamic wave [...]
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