Rise of the Superbugs: Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics, The Guardian
The lives of humans were forever changed when in the 1920s Sir Alexander Fleming observed the ability of Penicillin to destroy the bacterium Straphylococcus aureus. Thereafter, millions of human lives have been saved or improved by the use of antibiotics to stop the spread of disease and infection. However, in the last few decades less and less antibiotics have been effective in treating the thousands of human pathogens and completely ineffective in treating some. Why is this and what effect could this server problem have on the human race? In this unit we will examine such questions.
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Unit Standards & Learning TargetsBiological Evolution & Inheritance:
I can make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.; LS3.2 I can explain the process of biological evolution through natural selection is a result of four primary factors; LS4.2 I can construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations; LS4.4 Rise of the Superbugs Learning Standards |
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