Because the bacteria is becoming immune to the medicines we are using will we have the technology to find new medicines

Question: Because the bacteria is becoming immune to the medicines we are using will we have the technology to find new medicines or more effective ones?
- Keywords:
  bacteria,
  immune system,
  immunity,
  medicine,
  technology
Asked by flubberbear999 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 19 Mar 2013.
- Jason King answered on 19 Mar 2013:
  
  A great question, and one that lots of people are frightened about. It’s a bit of a race to keep on coming up with new medicines faster than the bacteria evolve ways to become immune. We are just about keeping up at the moment, but we can only hope that if we keep on studying and learning about infections we can keep on top of them…

Question: Because the bacteria is becoming immune to the medicines we are using will we have the technology to find new medicines or more effective ones?