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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Because bacteria would need to implement defenses to both attacks simultaneously, the researchers calculated that drug resistance is nearly impossible.

I'm no expert by any means, but I do know that several genetic failsafes have to be overcome simultaneously for you to develop cancer, so I don't see why it would be nearly impossible for bacteria to overcome only two things at once.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I guess somebody decided "makes antibiotic resistance a lot less likely" was too unweildy for the headline.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nearly does a lot of work in that headline.

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