Call for $2bn global antibiotic research fund
bbc.comThe global pharmaceutical industry is being called on to pay for a $2bn innovation fund to revitalise research into antibiotics. Mr O'Neill said: "We need to kick-start drug development to make sure the world has the drugs it needs, to treat infections and to enable modern medicine and surgery to continue as we know it." He has previously warned that drug-resistant microbes could kill 10 million people a year worldwide by 2050 and cost $100 trillion in lost economic output.
Mars astronauts risk brain damage from cosmic rays, say scientists
theguardian.comUS researchers exposing mice to streams of high-energy particles similar to galactic cosmic rays discover damage to nervous system affecting cognition.