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What if antibiotics stop working?

What if antibiotics stop working?

Update: 2025-09-11
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If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Devi Sridhar on how we can live longer’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cqnr

Liam Smith (pictured), author of Dangerous Miracles, tells us why less than a hundred years after the first antibiotic discovery, governments now need to step in because big pharma companies won’t.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

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What if antibiotics stop working?

What if antibiotics stop working?

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