Where does antibiotic resistance come from?

The world has finally woken up to the grave fact that we face the imminent collapse of our first-line medical protection against pathogenic microorganisms – antibiotics. The pharmaceutical industry churns out over 100,000 tons of antibiotics every year, and much of that tonnage is inexpertly over- or mis-prescribed and has led to a plethora of […]

from The Evolution and Medicine Review http://ift.tt/2rNJt52