We’re in a protracted war against superbugs because we’ve overused existing antibiotics: a key weapon against disease.

As the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined, placing us close to a return to the pre-antibiotic era.

14 January 2015
The potentially devastating E. coli ST131 superbug

An international study led by The University of Queensland has tracked a potentially devastating multi-drug resistant E. coli strain that is only one gene away from being resistant to almost all antibiotics.

1 April 2014