Antibiotic Resistance In today's blog, we will try to answer the question on antibiotics resistance, and with it, we will also be discussing combination therapy and its related complications. So, what is resistance? According to WHO drug resistance is a state of insensitivity and it refers to the unresponsiveness of microorganisms to an Antibiotic. Now, the question is when does a microbe become resistant? Antibiotic resistance happens when the microbes no longer react to the antibiotics. They continuously grow by developing an ability to defeat the drugs built to kill them. Have you ever wondered why? causes of resistance Some organisms are inherently resistant to antibiotics. However microbial species that are generally responsive to a specific drug may develop more virulent or resistant strains through spontaneous mutation or acquired resistance and selection. Some of these strains may even evolve resistant to more than one antibiotic. The different mechanisms by whi
Introduction Biotechnology is part of science in which technology is involved in producing or developing biological products; it utilizes biological systems, living organisms, or parts of this to develop or create different products. History of Terminology: Hungarian agriculture engineer Károly Ereky (German: Karl Ereky ; October 20, 1878 – June 17, 1952) was first coined the term Biotechnology in the year 1919 in his book “Biotechnolologie der Flieich-, Fett- und Milcherzeugung in landwirtschaftlichen Grossbetriebe” (Biotechnology of Meat, Fat and Milk Production in an Agricultural Large-Scale Farm); He was regarded as the ‘Father of Biotechnology’. Later American microbiologist Daniel Nathans ( October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999 ) introduced the methods using enzymes on DNA double helix to profiled out the undiscovered secrets of DNA, in which double helix can be known to the world in future. Thus, addresses as the ‘Father of Modern Biotechnology’ Growth