The Plant-Based Solution To Antibiotic Resistance (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

When antibiotics fail, what next? We’re used to going to a doctor, taking antibiotics, and feeling better. But with superbugs, and new infections resistant to medicine, we’re running out of options. My guest today says plants could help keep us healthy. That blackberries, wormwood leaves, and fig-tree bark might fight infections resistant to modern medicine. This hour On Point, looking to plants for the drugs of the future. — Jane Clayson
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/09/20/antibiotics-plants-medicine