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So we have invented a new antibiotic.
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Wonderful.
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However, the most certain fate for it is, a, it will select for resistant mutants, eventually rendering the drug ineffective.
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Customers will ultimately choose other ones.
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Upon exposure, bacteria will mutate to become more resistant.
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Or d, bacteria better exposed will learn how to survive it.
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Okay, so let's roll out b immediately.
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We have no reason to believe that our antibiotic is bad, economically.
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The problem is going to be resistance.
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So how does antibiotic resistance arise? is it a case of a existing variation, c, mutation with the goal of resisting, or d, learning on the part of the bacteria.
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So it's not d, bacteria are not very capable of learning.
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So it's not that...