Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Through a few serendipitous discoveries, antibiotics changed the course of history by turning deadly infections into manageable sicknesses. But it didn’t take long for bacteria to begin outsmarting these wonder drugs. On the latest episode of ACS' chemistry podcast Chain Reaction: The fascinating world of antibiotics and the efforts to tackle antibiotic resistance, including using AI to come up with new drugs that will only become more essential. #antibiotics #antibioticresistance

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