Does this sound like a Sci-Fi movie to you?*

“I think because [the new drugs would be] attacking such a vast area of the organism, the potential for mutation might be slowed, but I don’t think we could ever say it won’t evolve,” [Mark Fielder, professor of microbiology at Kingston University] said. “It is another step forward, another piece in our armoury to overcome the organisms. The more we understand, the better chance we have.”

via www.independent.co.uk

*It's not.  It's the reality of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

I'm picturing Morgan Freeman as the President, delivering the slightly optimistic news before the organism mutates again and peoples' eyes start popping out.

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