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Millennia-Old Strains Of Bacteria Can Resist Drugs They’ve Never Met

“Why won’t you just DIE?!” That’s what researchers probably said to strains of seven-million-year-old bacterium discovered in the depths of New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns. They found that these hidden organisms have very similar immunities as bacteria that have developed resistances after decades interactions with modern drugs.

February 23, 2012
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Researchers May Have Found SuperStaph Origins

Doctors always suspected that our heavy reliance on antibiotics is what spurred the rise MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the staphylococcus “super germ.” Turns out it may not have been us, but rather our porcine population.

August 25, 2011
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Too Many Antibiotics Are Making You Fat

By age 18, most people have had up to 20 doses of antibiotics. And that might be making us fat.

July 12, 2011
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Scary Strain Of Gonorrhoea Is Resistant To All Known Antibiotics

The widespread sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea used to be easy to treat, but not anymore. For the first time, scientists have identified a strain of this bacteria in Japan that is resistant to all known antibiotics.

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