Two scientists are tapping the power of the crowd to do what Big Pharma won't.
We're on the brink of a "post-antibiotic era"--one where people routinely get horribly sick and die from surgery, childbirth, or simple infections. The culprit is evolution; specifically, bacteria that mutate to survive the overabundant presence of antibiotics. Not helping matters is the fact that 80% of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are administered to livestock.