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0 pointspm908y ago0 comments

To be fair, they probably said the same about penicillin when it was discovered.

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quux8y ago

And in a way penicillin is too good to be true, now that bacteria are widely resistant to it and many other antibiotics.

eliben8y ago

Penicillin probably saved at least tens of millions of lives, and other antibiotics even more. Yes, some strains of bacteria are developing resistance, but even today antibiotics are saving many many lives every day.

a_imho8y ago

Can we crispr resistant bacteria to be susceptible to penicillin/antibiotics again?

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omarchowdhury8y ago

Doesn't erase the benefit it has had up to this point.

erklik8y ago

The millions saved haven't been eroded if some bacteria now are developing resistance.

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