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Global Edition | 20 November 2023
The rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the
biggest global threats to health, food security and development.
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27 million people in
2019, and the UN projects that drug-resistant diseases could cause 10
million deaths a year by 2050.
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we
hear from Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor of our
Australian edition, about the issue and some of the experts she has
commissioned as part of a special series. We also speak to a microbiologist
at a hospital in Nigeria working on the frontlines against antibiotic
resistance, and find out about the new scientific techniques, including
artificial intelligence (AI), being deployed to find new potential
antibiotics.
Gemma Ware
Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast
Testing for antimicrobial resistance in the lab.
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Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new
technologies in the hunt for solutions – podcast
Gemma Ware, The Conversation
From the frontline battle against antibiotic resistance in
Nigeria, to the techniques being used to find new antibiotics. Listen to The
Conversation Weekly podcast.
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