A study has unearthed new details about the evolutionary history of both antibiotic production and resistance and dates their co-emergence as far back as 350 to 500 million years.
A forward-looking McMaster donor is investing $7 million in a new research centre dedicated specifically to tackling the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
There already exist some promising new antibiotic therapies, and more are in the pipeline -- but our economic model prevents researchers from moving them out onto the market.