World Science Festival

Season 2 Episode 8: Resistance Is (Not) Futile: The End of Antibiotics and the Future of Fighting Infections

We have fallen woefully behind in the race to keep up with harmful bacteria as they continually evolve to outsmart our antibiotics; in fact, there are already superbugs we cannot defeat. Predictions are by 2050 there will be more deaths from infections than from cancer if we don't solve this crisis. Join immunologists, biologists, and infectious disease specialists to explore some exciting new tools that may be our salvation in the battle against superbugs.

Genre:

Documentary, Talk

Seasons:

2

Episodes:

24

Actor:

Brian Greene

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2016

IMDb:

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