Sunday, May 10, 2009

Evolution

While clicking through the links of evolution I found the area about evolution and medicine in the UC Berkeley website.  I find this extremely interesting because in a way we can actually see the effects of evolution first hand.  

People are so quick to go to the doctor every time they get a sniffle and sometimes insist that they get antibiotics regardless of whether they have a bacterial infection, a virus or just allergies.  Very few of them realize that this could actually hurt them in the end by creating antibiotic resistant bacteria.  According to pbs.org, "Experts now estimate that as many as two dozen types of bacteria have evolved resistance to most, if not all, antibiotics available today."  To me, that is a scary thought!
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  1. sundisevenMay 18, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    I am scared too. the thought that we have essentially created these killer bacteria with the overuse of antibiotics shows how out of balance our world is today.

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  2. AnonymousMay 18, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    Wow very true, it is kinda scary, you take antibiotics and then theres a new bacteria.. its like cause and effects..

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