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A Story of Antibiotics by Ilya Kolmanovsky

Antibiotics made modern medicine possible, but their overuse has created a global crisis of resistance. In this public conversation, science journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky discussed how antibiotics work, how they were discovered, why new ones are so hard to develop, and whether a post-antibiotic…

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Worcester College

Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Auditorium

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Location: Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Auditorium

Time: 19:15

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Antibiotics made modern medicine possible, but their overuse has created a global crisis of resistance. In this public conversation, science journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky discussed how antibiotics work, how they were discovered, why new ones are so hard to develop, and whether a post-antibiotic era can still be avoided.