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Waging war on drug resistant bacteria

The war against drug resistant bacteria

The war against drug resistant bacteria. Alexander Fleming, who invented antibiotics himself predicted that increased use of the medicine would eventually benefit the bacteria who would fight back. Now scientists have decided to fight back by waging a war against drug resistant bacteria. Also in the programme, the organisms that survive beneath the ocean floor, science concerned with 'whispers on the cosmic pond'. Presenter: Martin Redfern.

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