Antibiotic resistance is a major public health crisis worldwide as bacteria develop the ability to defend
themselves against all antibiotics we have at our disposal. Infections caused by these bacteria are often
life-threatening. In order to continue fighting these infections, we have to figure out how antibiotic
resistance develops, evolves, and spreads. Many people think that antibiotic resistance developed from
the irresponsible use of antibiotics for illnesses like colds or the flu (antibiotics can not cure a viral
infection), and that’s not wrong. We do have a huge part to play in the rise of the “superbug,” another
name for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but human antibiotic use is not the only reason bacteria started
becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Many microorganisms have been producing antibiotics for millions (potentially billions) of years.
Antibiotics serve many purposes in nature and where there are antibiotics, there is antibiotic resistance.
All of the drugs we have currently are either natural products or derived from natural products, meaning
that the resistance to these drugs probably already exist somewhere.
Bacteria can also mutate their genes when they are under stress in order to make new resistance genes that
help them survive when antibiotics are present. Whether they already had a resistance gene or just
developed it, they can share those genes with other bacteria in the population, through a process called
horizontal gene transfer.


Question:7 ) What according to you is the reason for the growth of diseases which are increasingly
resistant to the common medicines?​