40 Years Without A New Antibiotic. Why?

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To learn more, check out www.scienceawarenessproject.org Most medical science moves at super-speed; researchers are constantly developing new medications, techniques, surgeries, you name it. Except for antibiotics: we haven’t gotten a single new type of antibiotic ready to give to patients in over 40 years. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Antibiotics: a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. - Petri dish: a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms. If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: - The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained - Kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbcwi7SfZE - Antibiotic Resistance is SO COMPLICATED - SciShow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkTalaQsRlw - Lizah’s favourite blog: https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/ SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Cameron Duke | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Lizah van der Aart | Storyboard Artist Sarah Berman | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Henry Reich • Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OTHER CREDITS ***************** We are grateful for the support of: Dr Bernhard Kepplinger, Zakład Mikrobiologii Molekularnej, Wydział Biotechnologii Dr Katherine Duncan, Biosciences Institute, University of Newcastle OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Lewis, K. (2020). The Science of Antibiotic Discovery. Cell, 181(1), 29–45. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.056 Jangra, M., Travin, D. Y., Aleksandrova, E. V, Kaur, M., Darwish, L., Koteva, K., … Wright, G. D. (2025). A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome. Nature, 640(8060), 1022–1030. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08723-7 Blin, K., Shaw, S., Kloosterman, A. M., Charlop-Powers, Z., van Wezel, G. P., Medema, M. H., & Weber, T. (2021). antiSMASH 6.0: improving cluster detection and comparison capabilities. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(W1), W29–W35. http://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab335