The world faces two seemingly unrelated challenges—a shortfall in the STEM workforce and
increasing antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens. We address these two …

The emergence of bacterial pathogens resistant to all known antibiotics is a global health
crisis. Adding to this problem is that major pharmaceutical companies have shifted away …

At first glance, it might surprise when an editorial series in a scientific journal asks how
science will help to create companies and jobs. However, a recent 'Nature'editorial has …

Can you imagine New York's Central Park as a source of the next generation of antibiotics
that can treat hundreds of millions of people? The work by Charlop-Powers et al. in PNAS …

Abstract The Small World Initiative (SWI) and Tiny Earth are a consolidated and successful
education programs rooted in the USA that tackle the antibiotic crisis by a crowdsourcing …

The discovery and development of antibiotics to fight bacterial diseases is one of the great
triumphs in modern medicine. However, the rapid spread of resistance to antibiotics …

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There are no antibiotic candidates simply waiting to be brought to market. Overcoming the
scientific barriers to innovation will require research and coordination beyond anything that …

In the struggle with antibiotic resistance, we are losing. There is now a serious threat of
moving into a postantibiotic world. High levels of resistance, in terms of both frequency and …

The discovery of novel antibiotics is essential to combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance.
While a number of initiatives are focused on advancing promising leads into the clinic, there …