Human Enhancement

Antibiotic resistance is increasing. Here's what we have to do

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in foil strips are arranged on a table in this picture illustration taken in Ljubljana September 18, 2013.  Picture taken September 18. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (SLOVENIA - Tags: HEALTH) - RTX15K29

Antimicrobial resistance is accelerated when antimicrobials are used unnecessarily. Image: REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

Roisin McMahon
Researcher, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University
Maurizio Labate
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Technology Sydney
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