Has THIS just solved the antibiotics crisis?

Are evolution-proof drugs the solution to our antibiotic resistance crisis? Can not killing bacteria be the answer to superbugs? This video is funded by Merck as part of Merck’s Curiosity Initiative – you can read more about the research into new antibiotics here: https://www.merckgroup.com/en/research/science-space/envisioning-tomorrow/precision-medicine/multidrug-resistance.html?ko=slp References: Drug discovery targeting drug-resistant bacteria (ed. Kesharwani et al, 2020) A brief history of the antibiotic era: lessons learned and challenges for the future (Aminov, 2010) Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data (Van Boeckel et al, 2014) Global trends in antimicrobial resistance in animals in low- and middle-income countries (Van Boeckel et al, 2019) Where are all the new antibiotics? The new antibiotic paradox (Conly & Johnston, 2005) Targeting virulence: can we make evolution-proof drugs? (Allen et al, 2014) Anti-virulence strategies to combat bacteria-mediated disease (Rasko & Sperandio, 2010) Thinking outside the box – novel antibacterials to tackle the resistance crisis (Lakemeyer et al, 2018) Structurally refined β-lactones as potent inhibitors of devastating bacterial virulence factors (Bӧttcher & Sieber, 2009) Professor Stephan Sieber's lab (https://www.department.ch.tum.de/oc2/home/) Merck Future Insight Prize (http://futureinsightprize.merckgroup.com) #ad #alwayscurious #humanprogress Me: Website: https://sallylepage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/sallylepage Instagram: https://instagram.com/sallylepage Facebook: https://facebook.com/sallylepage Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/sallylepage TikTok: drsallylepage Donate: Patreon: https://patreon.com/sallylepage (monthly donations) PayPal: https://paypal.me/sallylepage (one off donations) Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2DrD6v7 (affiliate link) Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2WRatQY (affiliate link) Special thank you to my patrons Noah Froio, TimLuq and Sontag for their support of the channel. Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist and science YouTuber. The aim of these videos is to bring science further into popular culture by making science videos that make you laugh, make you feel and make you think.