Philosophy Wire: Antibiotics, evolved viruses, medicine at sleep

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-03-19]: Viruses are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics and the general director of WHO warns that it is highly probable that soon routine surgery operations could pose serious threat to the life of patients [source: web news]. Medicine has for a long time been asleep, simply copying natural herbs and substances - thus resulting to almost zero advances in the antibiosis section. It is time for her to wake up.

 

PS. And as far as the “evolution” of the viruses is concerned, one may read the article Evolution and Intelligent Design - The way to an agreement for any questions regarding what this “evolution” actually means.

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