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Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading.Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and animals accelerates the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria, with potentially catastrophic personal and global consequences. Our best defenses against infectious disease could cease to work, surgical procedures would become deadly, and we might return to a world where even small cuts are life-threatening. The problem of drug resistance already kills over one million people across the world every year and has huge economic costs.
About the Author
William Hall trained at Central Saint Martins in London and began his career in the office of the minimalist architect John Pawson. He now runs his own design and art direction practice in London, working with clients such as Calvin Klein, Erdem, MoMA and Tate.
As a book designer Hall has had an illustrious career with a wide variety of publications to his credit, including: 'Architecture of Truth' (Phaidon, 2001) ; 'Living and Eating' (Ebury, 2001) ; Giorgio Locatelli's 'Made In Italy' (Fourth Estate, 2006) ; 'Plain Space' (Phaidon, 2010) ; 'Mies' (Phaidon, 2014) ; and 'elBulli 2005-2011' (Phaidon, 2014) . 'Concrete', 'Brick' and 'Wood' were all conceived, written and designed by Hall.
