Documentary Description
With Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) threatening to
infect huge numbers of patients who make even short trips to the
hospital, and the gradual increase in the number of bacteria that are
resistant to all known antibiotics, scientists are turning to new ways
to conquer the killer bugs.
The emergence of dangerous antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria
is most prevalent in the USA where antibiotics are available over the
counter and are often mishandled. The answers to these problems may be
locked in the science of the former Soviet Union, and whether this
potential can be unlocked depends on subtle aspects of intellectual
property and patent law, since pharmaceutical companies must be able to
control the revenues from a discovery
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