
Antibiotic resistant bacteria inside a biofilm, 3D illustration. Biofilm is a community of bacteria where they aquire antibiotic resistance and communicate with each other by quorum sensing molecules
What is Antibiotic Resistance and Why Does it Matter?
When the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in the 1920s, it provided a cure for a range of bacterial infections that were once considered deadly. Its timely discovery also generated…