Many of you would’ve heard the word Antibiotic at least once in your life, a few of you may have even taken some. It’s a very well known medical term and literally means ‘life-killing’.
Something I’m certain will astound you, is that growing resistance against these once revolutionary treatments is one of the biggest threats to global health today.
For those who don’t know, Antibiotics are a branch of drugs that stop bacteria from reproducing. This is achieved by stopping vital processes essential to their survival. They involve a wide range of medicine and are either naturally occurring or synthesised, which means made chemically, in a lab.
The first Antibiotic, Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming. This sparked …show more content…
Nevertheless, there is always the slim possibility that some of the bacteria will evolve resistance via natural selection or survival of the fittest, to throw a bit Darwinism at you.
Consequently evolved bacteria can then travel through the body, These rogue bacteria can ‘hug’ each other and exchange plasmids (small pockets of bacterial DNA) that can share immunity. Enhanced plasmid exchange can even happen across species, creating resistance against multiple antibiotics… Thus a Superbug is born.
But Why is this crisis occurring ? that’s a good question with multiple answers. One of them can be found in Agriculture,
The excessive use of antibiotics in meat and poultry production is one of the main factors in creating antibiotic …show more content…
These conditions are perfect breeding grounds for most diseases. This is precisely why farmers feed the animals antibiotics to kill any bugs that may arise in a meat farm.
Furthermore, Because of the dense livestock population Species of germs that are resistant can enter a farm and spread rapidly, they could also cross- breed and swap DNA creating the perfect superbug -if left unchecked.
Another main cause which a lot of us maybe guilty of, Is the overprescription of Antibiotics. Basically, this means that taking too much can lead to a large pool of resistant bacteria that render a drug useless or when prescribing them for a virus, does absolutely nothing.
But as I look at you with tears streaming down your faces, stricken with desperation, I will assure you there is hope for humanity!
Nanotechnology, Will be an unfamiliar topic for many of you, but it is now the way of the future for most medical treatment.
Theoretically, micro objects the size of living cells will be able to enter human bodies and perform a wide range of jobs including; terminating cancerous cells, attacking viruses and bacteria and even fixing
Something I’m certain will astound you, is that growing resistance against these once revolutionary treatments is one of the biggest threats to global health today.
For those who don’t know, Antibiotics are a branch of drugs that stop bacteria from reproducing. This is achieved by stopping vital processes essential to their survival. They involve a wide range of medicine and are either naturally occurring or synthesised, which means made chemically, in a lab.
The first Antibiotic, Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming. This sparked …show more content…
Nevertheless, there is always the slim possibility that some of the bacteria will evolve resistance via natural selection or survival of the fittest, to throw a bit Darwinism at you.
Consequently evolved bacteria can then travel through the body, These rogue bacteria can ‘hug’ each other and exchange plasmids (small pockets of bacterial DNA) that can share immunity. Enhanced plasmid exchange can even happen across species, creating resistance against multiple antibiotics… Thus a Superbug is born.
But Why is this crisis occurring ? that’s a good question with multiple answers. One of them can be found in Agriculture,
The excessive use of antibiotics in meat and poultry production is one of the main factors in creating antibiotic …show more content…
These conditions are perfect breeding grounds for most diseases. This is precisely why farmers feed the animals antibiotics to kill any bugs that may arise in a meat farm.
Furthermore, Because of the dense livestock population Species of germs that are resistant can enter a farm and spread rapidly, they could also cross- breed and swap DNA creating the perfect superbug -if left unchecked.
Another main cause which a lot of us maybe guilty of, Is the overprescription of Antibiotics. Basically, this means that taking too much can lead to a large pool of resistant bacteria that render a drug useless or when prescribing them for a virus, does absolutely nothing.
But as I look at you with tears streaming down your faces, stricken with desperation, I will assure you there is hope for humanity!
Nanotechnology, Will be an unfamiliar topic for many of you, but it is now the way of the future for most medical treatment.
Theoretically, micro objects the size of living cells will be able to enter human bodies and perform a wide range of jobs including; terminating cancerous cells, attacking viruses and bacteria and even fixing