McMaster University research on Antimicrobial Discovery

At McMaster University, Dr. Gerry Wright leads the global fight against superbugs and antibiotic resistance. He leads a global network that is working to prevent future pandemics. Antibiotics are essential to modern medicine. We rely on them to cure everything from pneumonia to meningitis. The infection control they provide makes life-saving treatments like cancer chemotherapy and heart transplants possible. But widespread overuse of these drugs in agriculture and medicine have led bacteria to evolve, increasing resistance to penicillin and related medicines. Antibiotic resistance causes 700,000 deaths globally each year – a number that's expected to rise to 10 million by 2050. The stakes couldn't be higher.

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