S1E05: The Search for Super Antibiotics
S1E05: The Search for Super Antibiotics  
Podcast: Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar
Published On: Wed Dec 14 2016
Description: Bacteria are remarkably fast shape-shifters. As soon as we develop new antibiotics against them, they mutate, leading to drug-resistant strains the world has never seen before. This could mean that one day we end up weaponless against an army of drug-resistant superbugs. But a new generation of “super antibiotics” could hold the key to overcoming this problem. Learn how as we sit down with Rick Brown, Vice President of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Genentech, in our latest podcast.