The disposable chip that will allow GPs to write the perfect prescription

MRSA colonies on blood agar plate: the overuse of antibiotics can lead to the creation of so-called superbugs.If your doctor makes a misdiagnosis and – thinking your condition is caused by a bacterium – prescribes a course of antibiotics, the decision could have harmful side-effects.Crucially, you will not recover more quickly from your illness, because antibiotics have no effect on viruses.