Combined Science GCSE
Antibiotic development
What Antibiotic development means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Antibiotic development
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Reference: AQA
Discovering and testing a new antibiotic takes many years and large amounts of money, requiring laboratory research, safety testing and clinical trials.
Topics that use Antibiotic development
- Resistant bacteria (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotic resistance
- Antibiotic stewardship and patient adherence
- Asexual reproduction by binary fission
- Bacterial reproduction by binary fission
- Infection prevention
- Mutation and variation
- Natural selection
- Natural selection and evolution of resistance
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