Thursday 14 August 2014

What causes antibiotic resistance? - Kevin Wu

What causes antibiotic resistance? - Kevin Wu



What Causes Antibiotic Resistance?

    TED-Ed
Published on 7 Aug 2014
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-antibio...

Right now, you are inhabited by trillions of microorganisms. Many of these bacteria are harmless (or even helpful!), but there are a few strains of ‘super bacteria’ that are pretty nasty -- and they’re growing resistant to our antibiotics. Why is this happening? Kevin Wu details the evolution of this problem that presents a big challenge for the future of medicine.

Lesson by Kevin Wu, animation by Brett Underhill.

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