Rise of the Superbugs

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Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s it was not uncommon for people to die of pneumonia or appendicitis, and medical procedures we now take for granted were impossible to perform due to the risk of deadly infection. It's hard to imagine returning to that era, but many believe that if the problem of drug-resistant bacteria is not sufficiently addressed, it's a future we'll have to face. This program examines the rise of superbugs, introducing patients with uncontrollable infections and visiting places where antibiotics misuse is breeding multi-drug resistance. In particular, the video looks at the case of India's NDM-1, an enzyme that is able to genetically modify bacteria to turn them into superbugs.

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43 min

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Date of Publication

[2013], c2012

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