New antibiotics - The fight against resistance

Multi-resistant bacteria live on the skin of some of us. When we
are young, healthy and fit, there is o reason to worry. But it can
happen to all of us that we suddenly become sick, our immune system
is weakened or we are seriously injured and must go into hospital.
When multi-resistant bacteria invade our bodies, it can be
life-threatening. And the problem is getting worse. Mark Brönstrup
is a professor of chemical biology at the HZI and is researching
substances to combat antibiotic resistance.