A breath of fresh air

• Autores: Frank Swain
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2947, 2013, págs. 34-37
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The need for new weapons against infection has never been greater, with a growing number of pathogens developing resistance to the antibiotics people have been using against them. So researchers are turning to the infection control methods of an earlier age. The notion that fresh air and sunshine are somehow good for the public has lingered in their consciousness, yet hospitals have turned away from Nightingale's principles, closing their windows and shutting out the sun. Although the pipeline of classic antibiotics is running dry, there are various alternatives in the works. Here, Swain reports two answers, namely fresh air and sunshine, to the looming antibiotic crisis that are all around people--in great supply and free of charge.