Science and Society Lecture 29th October 2019

For 70 years we've waged war against harmful bacteria using antibiotics. But bacteria are fighting back and today more and more bacterial infections are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Drug-resistant superbugs are spreading; not just MRSA - also TB, pneumonia, e-coli.

This Documentary presents research on bacteriophages - infested naturally occurring viruses which infect bacteria - that allow certain resistances could be finally defeated.