The Future of Antibiotics: Emerging Technologies and Stewardship

Jeffrey L Fortman; Aindrila Mukhopadhyay

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.04.003

The Future of Antibiotics: Emerging Technologies and Stewardship

Trends Microbiol. 2016 Jul;24(7):515-517. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.04.003. Epub 2016 May 24.

Authors

Jeffrey L Fortman¹, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay²

Affiliations

¹ American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, Washington, DC 20301, USA.
² Biological Systems and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: amukhopadhyay@lbl.gov.

PMID: 27229181
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.04.003

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is on the rise while the number of antibiotics being brought to market continues to drop. While this is a dire situation, a number of emerging technologies have the potential to reverse this trend. These, and supporting legislative initiatives, promise to stave off the post-antibiotic era.

Keywords: antibiotics; natural products; policy; synthetic biology.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacteria / drug effects*
Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Computational Biology
Drug Discovery*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents