Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Precision Medicine & the Rise of Superbugs

Antimicrobials are a broad range of medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics. The discovery of penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Flemming has been widely recognized as one of the greatest scientific advancements of the 20th century, but what happens when there are no new antimicrobials being discovered and the ones we have available no longer work? In this episode of the Public Health Insight...