Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Super Bugs

Our overuse of antibiotics has given microbes many chances to evolve resistance to our medecines. It's Okay to be Smart explains in more detail how these Superbugs came about.

At Harvard the used a "Mega Plate" (think gigantic petri-dish) to show realtime evolution of resistance. Or read the Scientists Watch Germs Evolve into Superbugs article from Science News for Students.

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