Livestock operations consume antibiotics and contribute to the antimicrobial resistance's pandemic. What alternatives to reliance on antibiotic use are available? And can they be implemented?
Phages: The key to a sustainable victory in the fight against antimicrobial resistance? Hosts Mara, Beth, and Saskia explore phage therapy and if evolution can be turned from the cause of antimicrobial resistance into humanity's greatest ally.
Today's articles:
Summary report on opinion surveys targeting end users by the AVANT project
‘Replaying’ Evolution May Help Avoid Antibiotic Resistance
Phages: What Are they?
What Is Phage Therapy?
How Phage Therapy Kills Superbugs: Weaponizing Viruses to Fight Infections
This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outreach team led by Amy Schmidt at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Find out more about the project here. Funding for the iAMResponsbile Project was provided by USDA-NIFA Award Nos. 2017-68003-26497, 2018-68003-27467 and 2018-68003-27545. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Intro and outro music was by BenSound