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We've taken a look at your immune system and some of the ways that bugs evade your defenses to make you sick. In this lecture, we'll look at some amazing discoveries of the 20th century that have aided humans in their war against pathogens. Those crafty little bugs aren't going down without a fight though- for every therapy we've discovered, they've found a work around. So, we'll wrap up this discussion talking about antimicrobial resistance and the front lines of the war against infectious disease.

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