Microbiome, Antibiotics & Human Disease
July 2015: Antibiotics are an essential part of the medical arsenal to treat and cure many infectious diseases. Their overuse, however, is not free of consequences. In this Cell Press webinar, sponsored by Baker Ruskinn, Martin Blaser, Michael Fischbach and Julie Segre discuss the interplay between human disease, antibiotics, and the microbiome, from tracking multiresistant bugs to understanding how antibiotics may be involved in obesity and the ways to mine the human microbiome to discover new drugs.