Antibiotic Resistance

Articles About Antibiotic Resistance

• Magazine Article

  DNA in “Ancient” Bacteria

  

  Sept. 5, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  Scientists were surprised to find that DNA was still intact after a supposed 250 million years.

• Semi-Technical Book Chapter

  Is Antibiotic Resistance Proof of Evolution?

  July 3, 2015 from The Genesis of Germs

  Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important topics that a beginning biology student going into medicine should learn and understand.

• Does Deadly Antibiotic Resistance Mean Evolution Wins?

  Sept. 23, 2013 from News to Know

  New methodology may help combat what some consider a modern evolutionary nightmare.

• Traditional Treatments for Infections May Strengthen Antibotic Resistance

  April 27, 2013 from News to Know

  Traditional “hit early and hit hard” approach to treating severe infections may increase antibiotic resistance.

• Carlsbad Collection Carries Antibiotic Resistance

  April 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Carlsbad collection carries kinds of antibiotic resistance beyond the reach of modern medicine’s wonder drugs.

• Magazine Department Article

  E. coli Evolution?

  Oct. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  When a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria struck Germany in the spring, a fearful media buzz began.

• Antibiotic Resistance an Age-Old Factor

  Sept. 10, 2011 from News to Know

  Actually, antibiotic resistance is not evolving.

• Evolving E.coli

  June 11, 2011 from News to Know

  Highly virulent strain of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli continues to wreak havoc.

• Just Add Bacteria

  April 9, 2011 from News to Know

  As with virtually every observation of “evolution” reported, this study does nothing to support or advance the Darwinian view of common ancestry—that from a single, simple life-form, all the complex and diversified life-forms arose.

• Bacteria: Evidence of Evolution?

  Nov. 20, 2010 from News to Know

  We all have bacteria both on and in our bodies that, among other things, help us to digest food. But is this evidence for evolution?

• New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in America

  Sept. 18, 2010

  A new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has arrived in America from travelers to South Asia.

• “Demonstrations” of Evolution in Laboratory

  May 22, 2010

  According to one scientist, it’s “one of the best demonstrations of evolution ever carried out in a laboratory.” So just what is it, and is he right?

• Feedback Article

  Did I Just Cause Evolution?

  March 5, 2010 from Feedback

  Recent experiments on E. coli in a laboratory have made one university student wonder if evolution happened in front of him. Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., helps him examine more closely.

• Creationists and Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics

  Feb. 20, 2010 from News to Know

  New research into how microbial resistance to antibiotics comes about sheds light on the process that is frequently called “evolution.” Will creationists have to change their tune?

• Research in “Evolutionary Medicine” Saving Lives?

  Jan. 16, 2010

  Can more research into “evolutionary medicine” result in saved lives?

• Infectious Protein Particles Evolving?

  Jan. 9, 2010 from News to Know

  Can non-life evolve? Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered that infectious protein particles called prions can adapt to new environments and compete with one another.

• Slowing Down Evolution

  Nov. 21, 2009 from News to Know

  Pathogenic resistance to antibiotics is a textbook example of “direct evidence for evolution”—literally. What does recent work on the topic suggest?

• Making the Evolution Pill Easier to Swallow, Part 3

  Nov. 16, 2009

  In her final installment discussing a recent conference on medicine and Darwin, Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., reveals how confused one presenter was about natural selection and evolution.

• Resisting a Myth

  Sept. 19, 2009 from News to Know

  Microbial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most commonly claimed evidences for evolution. So will the new “clue” to its workings be evidence for evolution as well?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The Genesis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  July 1, 2009 from Answers in Depth

  Methicillin-resistant Staph bacteria cause more deaths than AIDS and resist most antibiotics. How do “superbugs” fit within a creation framework?

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• Magazine Department Article

  Resistance to Evolution

  July 1, 2009 from Answers Magazine

  Evolutionists often cite antibiotic resistance in bacteria as evidence for “evolution in action.”

• The Latest Animal Virus

  May 9, 2009 from News to Know

  An “evolving” virus is in the news again—but this time, skunks and foxes are at the center, not swine.

• Swine Flu Is Evolution?

  May 2, 2009 from News to Know

  Swine flu—both the virus itself and the associated paranoia—seems to be sweeping the world. Is it evolution in action?

• As Opposed to Dead Evolution?

  March 14, 2009 from News to Know

  Ooh! Live evolution! Could it really be!?

• Magazine Department Article

  Antibiotic Resistance as “Evidence” for Evolution

  Jan. 26, 2009 from Answers Magazine

  One of the most common evidences used in textbooks to support evolution is antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Darwin at the Drugstore?

  July 16, 2008 from Answers in Depth

  The issue of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is growing. But creation research could help reveal new ways to deal with this problem—and challenge Darwinism in the process.

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• Controversy Over a Visible Evolutionary Shift In Bacteria

  June 14, 2008 from News to Know

  Has E. coli evolved in front of our very eyes? A recent report in New Scientist claims that it has—and is a poke in the eye for creationists.

• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria: An Example of Evolution in Action?

  

  Sept. 19, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Antibiotic resistance of bacteria is not an example of evolution in action but rather variation within a bacterial kind. It is also a testimony to the wonderful design God gave bacteria.

• The "Arms Race" of Bacteria

  July 21, 2007

  Researchers at Cornell University’s Boyce Thompson Institute have been studying how the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae “infects tomatoes by injecting a special protein into the plant’s cells and undermines the plant’s defense system.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Bacteria Back Creation

  

  July 16, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Scientists have discovered the number of genes necessary to make what is believed to be the simplest living thing: a bacterium.

• Accidental Survival

  June 23, 2007

  Influenza virus strain "develops" resistance to drugs preemptively.

• Bacteria: More Good than Bad and Ugly

  June 16, 2007

  Only 10% of bacteria are “bad” or pathogenic (disease-causing) while the other 90% are “good,” non-pathogenic, and necessary components for human life.

• Super-Adaptable Bacteria?

  June 9, 2007

  A discussion of evolution compared with selection, as it relates to bacterial resistance.

• Observation of Evolution in Bacteria

  Jan. 31, 2007

  Scientists have reported observing the evolution of Escherichia coli bacteria in a matter of days. What did they really see?

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Genetic Variance of Influenza Type A Avian Virus and its Evolutionary Implications

  May 17, 2006 from Answers in Depth

  Are the mechanisms avian influenza utilizes to propagate and evade annihilation considered evolution?

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• Virus “Evolution” Benefits Mankind?

  Feb. 22, 2006

  Scientists have supposedly forced the evolution of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) commonly used in gene therapy. However, a belief in evolution/millions of years is not needed to initiate this resear

• “Doonesbury” Needs Some Resistance

  Dec. 20, 2005

  Sunday’s “Doonesbury” editorial comic strip in US papers once again ventured into the creation/evolution debate

• Evolution and Medicine

  Nov. 22, 2005

  Not one example can be put forth of the need for evolution (or belief in its tenets) in order to practice modern medicine.

• Don’t Be “Resistant” (About Writing Your Own Letter to the Editor)

  July 12, 2005

  We are showing you a letter to the editor that appeared in one of AiG-US’s hometown newspapers, The Cincinnati Post.

• The “Bird Flu” and Evolution

  Feb. 16, 2004

  At the time of writing (February 2004), a deadly respiratory “flu” is racing with unprecedented speed through fowl populations in Asia and other parts of the world.

• Biologists Mimic Evolution in the Lab?

  April 8, 2002

  A specialist in ‘molecular evolution’ says that he has successfully mimicked natural evolution in his laboratory.

• What is Evolution? Letters to the Editor Miss the Point!

  April 5, 2002

  You’ve probably come across the expression ‘molecules-to-man’ evolution, or ‘goo-to-you’ evolution, or some similar expression.

• University Becomes a Hotbed of Anti-Creationism!

  Dec. 14, 1999

  Professors at the University of Kentucky in Lexington—only about 70 miles south of AiG’s headquarters near Cincinnati—have been increasingly vocal in their opposition to creationist beliefs

• Magazine Article

  Evolution Under (or Wool Over?) Our Eyes

  June 1, 1994, pp. 41–42

  Dr John R. Howitt, a personal friend of mine ... wrote to appropriate professors in nine leading universities, asking, “Do you consider that the Hebrew word yom (day), as used in Genesis 1...