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"Nearly" does heavy lifting here.
Because bacteria would need to implement defenses to both attacks simultaneously, the researchers calculated that drug resistance is nearly impossible.
I'm no expert by any means, but I do know that several genetic failsafes have to be overcome simultaneously for you to develop cancer, so I don't see why it would be nearly impossible for bacteria to overcome only two things at once.
I guess somebody decided "makes antibiotic resistance a lot less likely" was too unweildy for the headline.
Tuberculosis is treated by a combination of drugs for the same reason and yet the bacteria still develops resistance.
Nearly does a lot of work in that headline.
So like...is this new breakthrough just taking two different antibiotics for the same disease? Am I missing something?
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2024
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