The Recent Resolution Revolution & Friendly Medicine

Ada Yonath

Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel

 

The current global escalation in resistance to antibiotics is a serious threat, as it seems that the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries that have been treatable for decades could become fatal again. Recent studies, taking advantage of revolutions in various methodologies, open novel development in combating or controlling species-specific antibiotics and parasites resistance while preserving the microbiome and minimizing environmental hazards.