English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Explain how bacteria can help us study evolution and how antibiotic-resistant strains develop
Describe how antibiotic resistance affects human health and how it spreads through populations
Explain what can be done to reduce antibiotic resistance, including actions by individuals, doctors and drug companies
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Words and meanings to learn
MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
a bacterial strain that has evolved resistance to many antibiotics and is particularly dangerous in hospital settings
mutation
a random change in the base sequence of DNA, which can occasionally produce antibiotic resistance in a bacterial cell
antibiotic
a medicine that kills bacteria or inhibits their growth, used to treat bacterial infections
antibiotic resistance
the ability of a bacterial strain to survive exposure to an antibiotic that would normally kill it
natural selection
the process by which resistant bacteria survive antibiotic treatment, reproduce, and pass resistance on to their offspring, causing the resistant strain to become more common over time
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