Antibiotic Resistance

Scientists say the widespread use of the anti-microbial Triclosan is damaging the environment and driving antibiotic resistance. Dr Louis Trembley ecotoxicologist at Nelson based Cawthron Institute… Audio

If you're prescribed antibiotics can you just stop taking them when you feel better? With Dr Richard Everts, a medical microbiologist and specialist in infectious diseases in Nelson. Also Dr Mark… Audio

How research into the metabolism of the TB bacterium is helping in the development of a new class of antibiotics Audio

Karl Rotthier is the president of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, based in the Netherlands. He says drug companies' poor practices are to blame for the rise of antibiotic resistance which threatens to… Audio

The annual Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka awards celebrate the best young science orators ad their ideas. Audio

With antiobiotic resistance a major public health issue, Massey University biologist Heather Hendrickson argues bacteriophages may provide new treatments. Audio

Sir Mark Walport, the chief scientific advisor to the British government, discusses the importance of science in society and policy. Audio

Associate Professor Mark Thomas from the department of molecular medicine and pathology at Auckland University - who's report into the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand has just… Audio

Richard Young of the newly formed Antibiotic Resistance Coalition - set up just last month by NGO's across 6 continents - which in its opening declaration accuses International organisations, such as… Audio

Antibiotics have saved millions of lives but increasingly they just aren't working. So how will we find new ways to fight the infections in the future? With Dr Peter Fineran of The University of Otago… Audio