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Antibiotic resistance dates back millions of years, with important lessons for modern medicine

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par M. Paloma Reche Sainz, Profesora de Microbiología de la Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Universidad CEU San Pablo
Rubén Agudo Torres, Profesor Colaborador Doctor. Departamento de Química y Bioquímica, área de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad CEU San Pablo
Sergio Rius Rocabert, Profesor colaborador doctor en microbiología. Virólogo e inmunólogo., Universidad CEU San Pablo

Antibiotics are widely considered one of the most important advances in the history of medicine. Their introduction into clinical practice during the 1940s marked a major milestone in the control of infectious diseases, and these medicines have since improved human health and prolonged life expectancy.

Today, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a global threat, and presents a major challenge to medicine. Antibiotics’ extensive and often…

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