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What should we do about antibiotic resistance?

E. coli
This photo taken at the NDSU Electron Microscopy Facility shows E. coli bacteria magnified 100,000 times, attaching to each other as a biofilm starts to form. Researchers have discovered a way to disrupt the attachment process, reducing the virulence and antibiotic resistance of E. coli.
Courtesy of NDSU

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Antibiotics were once a medical miracle, but are now causing physicians major migraines. The over prescription and improper use of these drugs has led to the development to strains of resistant "superbugs."

On MPR News with Kerri Miller, we talked about how we got here and what is being done to confront drug-resistant strains.