525: Journal Club- The Resistance

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up the last 2 weeks in medical news, with a focus on infection resistance. Along the way they cover last week’s lack of an episode, new methods for determining sensitivities to antibiotics, a cure for the common flu, social media and influenza, treating mosquitos for malaria, engineering bacteria to treat liver disease,

Sources
1)https://www.zmescience.com/science/bacteria-trap-antibiotic-resistance-92524243/
2)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2195963-a-pill-that-mimics-natural-antibodies-could-fight-many-kinds-of-flu/
3)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2195166-malaria-drugs-for-mosquitoes-could-help-prevent-the-disease-in-humans/
4)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191087-engineered-bacteria-could-mop-up-toxic-ammonia-in-the-human-gut/
5)https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9e51no/study_finds_antidepressants_may_cause_antibiotic/

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