Precision Medicine Meets Antibiotics

By: The Burrill Report | Source: burrillreport.com

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm on “nightmare bacteria” that pose an increasing threat because of their resistance to the strongest weapons in today’s antibiotics arsenal. David Martin, CEO of AvidBiotics, says we’ve created the problem through the ubiquitous use of broad spectrum antibiotics. He thinks the answer to attacking resistant strains of bacteria lies in the use of extremely narrow spectrum drugs.