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Searching for superbug cures in the salt flats of the Atacama Desert
Over the past century, antibiotics have revolutionised medicine, turning once-deadly infections into brief inconveniences. But, as bacteria evolve in response to their use, these drugs are becoming less effective, with expert projections estimating antibiotic-resistant infections could account for 39 million deaths between 2024 and 2050.
In Life Invisible, the directors Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff follow the Chilean scientist Cristina Dorador as she searches for answers to the threat of antibiotic resistance in the driest place on Earth outside the polar regions – the Atacama Desert in Chile.........