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For its part, Novartis recently announced that it will invest more than $100 million in antimalarial R&D over the next five years, to help contain emerging
resistant
strains of the disease.
But after further tests I discovered that she was carrying a strain of bacteria that is
resistant
to most antibiotics in our therapeutic arsenal.
This is particularly important in the case of AIDS, because the spread of drug
resistant
viruses and the unwanted side-effects of existing medicines, means that new anti-retroviral drugs will be needed to keep treatments effective.
And for those who do, treatment often lasts for at least two years, assuming a drug can be found to fight the
resistant
bacteria.
German leaders, by contrast, must reckon with a populace that is deeply
resistant
to rapid change, particularly when it involves job cuts.
Early successes are often needed to solidify the overwhelming buy-in of key constituencies, particularly those that naturally may be
resistant
to change at first (especially change that eliminates some of the traditional financial entitlements in moving from a familiar, albeit less secure, present toward what is now an unfamiliar future).
Advances in treating gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection that has become increasingly
resistant
to antibiotics, are also worthy of mention.
In the past, some developers have been
resistant
to this sort of strategic planning, believing that it would cause delays and be expensive to implement.
But, over time, the number of antibiotics to which bacteria are susceptible has been dwindling, and some pathogens have become
resistant
to most or all existing drugs.
US trade policy has been remarkably
resistant
to protectionist pressure in recent years.
The historical evidence suggests that systemic risk is persistent and
resistant
to regulatory efforts to eliminate it.
But when they found that Milosevic was
resistant
to moral pressure, the NATO allies were forced to raise the ante by threatening the use of military force.
Resistant
pathogens cause about 700,000 deaths every year.
Also, the more advanced reformers are quietly or not so quietly nudging their more
resistant
neighbors to become more forthcoming in economic reforms and sound management.
With Europe in disarray, and Iran’s nuclear crisis still
resistant
to diplomatic resolution, America’s new foreign-policy realism could well imply that the US, however reluctantly, will ultimately be forced to revisit its “rebalancing strategy.”
But the risk-sharing inherent to Islamic finance made such instruments more
resistant
to the first round of financial contagion that hit in 2008.
By mid-century, Japan’s population could shrink by 30% unless it attracts 17 million immigrants – a hard task in a country historically
resistant
to immigration.
Look for new global cooperative approaches to clean energy systems, medicines and vaccines, improved techniques for fish farming, drought-and-temperature
resistant
crop varieties, high-mileage automobiles, and low-cost irrigation techniques.
New TB drugs with novel mechanisms of action are badly needed, not only to treat multi-drug
resistant
TB, but also to shorten the treatment time for drug-sensitive TB.
More alarmingly, 53 of the 221 had a strain that was also
resistant
to the two most clinically useful classes of second-line TB drugs.
Poor adherence to the therapeutic regimen, improper prescribing by clinicians, and drug interactions or malabsorption can result in partial suppression of bacterial growth and the emergence of
resistant
organisms.
Once this resistance develops, treatment is compromised, further resistance can evolve, and
resistant
organisms can be transmitted to other people, leading to primary drug resistance that may fail to respond to standard therapy.
On the contrary, introducing them into settings where treatment compliance is not assured and where drug susceptibility testing is not available would likely contribute to even more
resistant
organisms.
Most of this consumption is unnecessary, however, as the cause of diarrhea is usually viral; taking antibiotics in these cases only contributes to the development of
resistant
bacteria.
Why are Western countries so
resistant
to this sensible idea?
Their own development experience makes countries like China, India, and Brazil
resistant
to market fundamentalism and natural advocates for institutional diversity and pragmatic experimentation.
There are skeptics who say that the public is
resistant
to buying digital content, because people are accustomed to getting it for free.
Societies where women remain substantially under-represented in the labor market, such as in the Middle East, remain especially
resistant
to women’s rights.
Fortunately, America’s “partners” are becoming increasingly
resistant.
Most important, while superbugs develop resistance to medications, they do not become
resistant
to vaccines.
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