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How innovation can stem the threat of antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most critical health challenges. What is AMR? And what role does innovation play in facing this challenge?

Petri dish of bacteria

In the days before antibiotics, a simple wound was a genuine concern. It could kill you. Antibiotics changed medicine and extended lifespans. Now, the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) means we must develop new treatments.


Antibiotics are widely regarded as one of humanity’s greatest inventions. But the rise of bacteria which are developing resistance to antibiotics presents an increasing threat to human life. How worried should we be and what role will innovation play?

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