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Mission in a Minute

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance

Every day, behind every diagnosis and treatment, there’s a human story — a child recovering from infection, a grandparent healing after surgery, a community protected from disease. Healthcare professionals around the world depend on fast, accurate answers to guide those moments that matter most.

For generations, antibiotics have been a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling recovery and saving countless lives. But as bacteria evolve, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is making once-treatable infections harder to manage, putting patients, families and communities at growing risk.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) solutions help change that story. By empowering clinicians and public health experts to identify the most effective therapies, AST supports faster recovery, reduces unnecessary antibiotic use and helps slow the global spread of resistance.

AMR’s reach extends far beyond hospital walls. It affects the food we eat, the water we drink and the environments that sustain us. Guided by the World Health Organization’s One Health approach, Thermo Fisher’s AST portfolio strengthens global monitoring and promotes responsible antibiotic stewardship, protecting health across humans, animals and ecosystems.

During World AMR Awareness Week this November, learn how antimicrobial testing is advancing research and innovation to preserve the power of antibiotics, safeguarding the ability to treat infections for generations to come.

Mission in a Minute – Antimicrobial susceptibility testing