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By 2050, it could be responsible for 10 million deaths every year<\/strong>. More than cancer. More than all recent epidemics combined. This figure, mentioned by the UN, is enough to make you shudder. But why do we talk so little about it? <\/p>\n\n

When antibiotics stop working<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Since their discovery, antibiotics have transformed medicine. Today, an infection that a century ago would have been fatal can be cured in a matter of days. These molecules have saved hundreds of millions of lives. But this success comes at a price. <\/p>\n\n

Bacteria learn to defend themselves against the misuse and misapplication of these substances. They evolve. They become resistant. The result? Once benign infections become longer-lasting, more serious, sometimes incurable. It’s the return of the “forgotten diseases”, but in a stronger version. <\/p>\n\n

And it’s not just hospitals that are affected. Agriculture, livestock farming and natural environments are all affected. Because antibiotics are not confined to prescriptions. They circulate, spread and create invisible reservoirs of resistance in the air, water and soil. <\/p>\n\n

A global emergency… but avoidable<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Antimicrobial resistance is a global<\/strong> problem. It knows no borders. A resistant germ in Asia can travel to Montpellier in a matter of hours. Yet it remains underestimated, partly because it is silent. It kills without fanfare, without visible epidemics. But it kills. <\/p>\n\n

Fortunately, solutions do exist. And some of them can be found right here in Montpellier<\/strong>, where researchers, doctors and veterinarians are working together to invent new strategies. <\/p>\n\n

In Montpellier, research is getting organized<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Faced with this challenge, the Montpellier region, cradle of Western medicine, is not sitting idly by. Several laboratories, at the crossroads of biology, chemistry, medicine and social sciences, are developing alternatives to conventional antibiotics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n

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  • Phagotherapy<\/strong>: the use of bacteria-killing viruses, called phages, to target resistant infections,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Probiotics and microbiota<\/strong>: boost our natural defenses by acting on the balance of “friendly” bacteria in our bodies,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • New molecules<\/strong>: identify, in nature or in the laboratory, substances still unknown to pathogenic bacteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Science is advancing, but it needs collective support.<\/p>\n\n

    Prevention is already treatment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

    The best weapon against resistance is prevention<\/strong>. This means : <\/p>\n\n

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    • Reasoned use of antibiotics – only when really necessary,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Diagnosis-informed prescriptions,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Patient education to avoid self-medication,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • More sustainable and better regulated farming practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      In short: it’s not just a question of finding new treatments<\/strong>, but also of changing the way we treat our patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

      Caring for living beings means protecting our future<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

      Antibiotic resistance is a mirror image. It reflects our damaged link to the living world. It reveals the impact of our excesses on the fragile balance between humans, animals and the environment. Responding to them means more than just practicing medicine. It means thinking differently about health. It means adopting a global, integrated approach, where we treat bodies, ecosystems and care systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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