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    Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, marking the start of the golden era of antibiotics. In 2001, linezolid was introduced as a new drug to treat MRSA. By 2006, the European Union banned the use of antibiotics in food animals. The timeline expresses concern that without new technologies and improved development of antibiotics, there will be a lack of effective treatments in the next 10 to 100 years.

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    Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, marking the start of the golden era of antibiotics. In 2001, linezolid was introduced as a new drug to treat MRSA. By 2006, the European Union banned the use of antibiotics in food animals. The timeline expresses concern that without new technologies and improved development of antibiotics, there will be a lack of effective treatments in the next 10 to 100 years.

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    TIMELINE ABOUT

    ANTIBIOTICS
    - Vidhi Nodiyal

    1909 - GOLDEN ERA OF


    ANTIBIOTICS

    1928 - PENICILLIN WAS


    Discovery of first drug to treat sypillis
    called salvarson but it had very
    DISCOVERED dangerous side effects.

    BY ALEXANDER FLEMING

    Penicillin is a substance produced by fungi


    that appeared able to stop bacterial
    growth. This was the first ever antibiotic
    made. Fleming discovered it when his petri
    dish grew mould which killed bacteria
    near / surrounding it.

    2001 - LINEZOLID
    NEW DRUG TO TREAT MRSA

    2006 - BAN OF ANTIBIOTICS It made a up a new antibiotic's class


    called oxazolidinones.
    IN FOOD ANIMALS
    IN EUROPEAN UNIONS

    EU bans any use of antibiotics to grow


    animals that will later be used as food

    2028 - 10 YEARS LATER


    LACK OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS
    2118 - 100 YEARS LATER
    In the next 10 years I think we need to
    NEW TECHNOLOGIES improve on our development on
    antibiotics as very few are being made
    I imagine antibiotics and technology currently.
    working together. They could probably be
    a machine for turning the pill into gas as
    many people don't like taking pills and we
    could just inhale it to get better .Hopefully
    it could also be something that people in
    developing countries could too have an
    access to..

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