Morning reading: Politics + alternative therapies for addressing antibiotic-resistant bacteria

- Discussion of the PASTEUR Act, an attempt to change the way pharma companies are paid for drugs, to incentivize societally-important medicines over selling more individual units
- Phage therapy, both natural and synthetic phages, to target specific bacteria
- Antimicrobial peptides, which also target specific bacteria

Overall, incredibly pleased, because I knew this was an issue, but much of the buzz around antibiotic-resistant bacteria ends up leading to doomsaying rather than solutions.

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-are-looking-beyond-antibiotics-to-stop-the-d-1846184160