• Question: if anti-biotics were over used in modern society, would an inhereted resistence to the drugs E.G: paracetomol be possible because if it was, that would be bad! If so, what would be an effective replacement or solution?

    Asked by Thomas,Dingle to Anaïs, Peter, Shreesha on 20 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Shreesha Bhat

      Shreesha Bhat answered on 20 Mar 2015:


      Hi Thomas, antibiotics face resistance because their targets are microbes/bacteria. bacterias/viruses are known to undergo mutations and change their structures in such a way that the drug is no longer effective. As Paracetamol doesn’t target a bacteria/virus, it wont face such a problem, unless you take it for long time (like months, which is not advisable)

    • Photo: Peter Maskell

      Peter Maskell answered on 21 Mar 2015:


      bacterial resistance can be passed on to other bacteria. with resistance we need to find other ways around the problem by understanding exactly how the bacteria “work”.

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