Experts in TCM help battle drug resistance
By Shan Juan | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2017-03-20 07:35
皇冠体育app has recruited a team of specialists in traditional Chinese medicine, including 皇冠体育app's first Nobel laureate in medicine, Tu Youyou, to help find solutions to the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance.
AMR happens when microbes evolve to become resistant to previously effective medicines. Studies show the growth in resistance could be responsible for 10 million deaths a year worldwide by 2050, according to the Review on AMR, a global report commissioned by the British government.
Antimicrobials are medicines active against a range of infections, such as those caused by bacteria (antibiotics), viruses (antivirals), fungi (antifungals) and parasites (including antimalarials), the report explains.
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