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Using AI, researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates that can kill a drug-resistant bacterium (phys.org)
submitted 11 months ago by sanqueue to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Would you prefer to live in a world without antibiotics?

[–] Psythik 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No but people should really stop abusing OTC antibiotics like Neosporin. You don't have to put it on every wound.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yes but there's no reason to snark about a new class of antibiotics unless you think they shouldn't be used at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I tend to have wounds scab into the dressing which sucks because it rips out when you change it. Which is why I got vitamin E gel for those times I don't need an antibiotics. The capsules are also more convenient to carry around than a tube and take virtually no space in a bag/kit.