The Truth About Antibiotics

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The Truth about Antibiotics

Angela Rippon

Ben Southwell

Emily Goldblatt

Jessie Anderson

Richard Mainwaring

Owen Gay

Dale Templar

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Angela Rippon looks into the ways scientists are trying to fight antibiotic resistance.

Documentary in which Angela Rippon looks into the new ways that scientists are trying to fight bacterial infections, as they try to combat antibiotic resistance.

Wild alligators and a sewage works are just two of the places Angela Rippon discovers that scientists are looking for new ways to fight bacterial infections. Angela reveals how a growing number of bacterial diseases are becoming resistant to the antibiotics currently in use. If nothing is done, millions could die.

Angela investigates the latest scientific breakthroughs, meets a GP on the front line in the fight against infection and finds out how we can all take part in the effort to keep the miracle cure effective.

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