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IBM researchers tout potential key to reversing antibiotic resistance – ZDNet
Using laboratory automation methods, IBM researchers deployed unique synthesis methods to rapidly generate different potential polymers to be combined with therapeutics, allowing the testing of options for increasing antibiotic strength.
IBM has published research that it touts could hold the key to reversing antibiotic resistance.
“Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, antibiotics have transformed the world of medicine. They have prevented the spread of disease, saved countless lives, and curbed the effects of infectious epidemics,” IBM said.
“Unfortunately, antibiotics have also frequently been misused, which has led to one of the largest threats to global health, food security, and development: Antibiotic resistance.”…
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