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Welcome to week 3.

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This week we'll be discussing
a topic of key importance

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for the future of human health--

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Antimicrobial Resistance,
or AMR for short.

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AMR has been in the
news a lot recently.

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And that's because it's becoming
a global health concern.

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We'll start by telling
you what AMR is.

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And then we'll tell you why it's
now considered a ticking time

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bomb for human health.

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Genomics is one of the tools
we can use to tackle AMR.

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It can be used to
better understand

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how bacteria become
resistant to drugs,

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identify those bacteria
which are resistant,

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and allow the most appropriate
use of antimicrobials

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to reduce the spread
of resistance.

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As ever, we'll be giving
you plenty of examples

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and chatting to scientists
who work on the problem.

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Please let us know
how you're doing

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by using the Comments section.

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And we hope you enjoy it.

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