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Scientist reveals what our world could look like without effective antibiotics

Although antibiotics have transformed medicine in the 87 years since they were discovered, their increasing use has created bacteria that are immune to their effects.

These so-called ‘super bugs’ currently kill around 135 people a day across Europe and the U.S alone – and around 700,000 a year worldwide. And this figure looks set to rise.

If resistance is not tackled, the effects will be…