11. Perhaps most ominously, the mosquito-borne parasite, the plasmodium protozoa, is developing resistance to anti-malaria drugs. 12. Now it is developing resistance to the main reserve drug, the antibiotic vancomycin. 13. Now it is developing resistance to the last line of defense, the antibiotic vancomycin. 14. Now it is developing resistance to vancomycin, the main backup drug. 15. The government is putting new planting restrictions on genetically engineered corn to prevent insects from developing resistance to the toxin in the biotech crop. 16. They have become harder to kill by developing resistance to the most powerful drugs, and super germs are evolving faster than scientists can create new medicines. |
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