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- noun medicine A
broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic
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Examples
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Either that, or the resistance to imipenem is proof multiple evolutionary steps can be skipped in nature.
Behe's Test 2008
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You are wrong to state that "resistance to imipenem is proof that multiple evolutionary steps can be skipped in nature."
Behe's Test 2008
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Either that, or the resistance to imipenem is proof multiple evolutionary steps can be skipped in nature.
Behe's Test 2008
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The reason is that neither single nor double point mutations to the enzyme allowed it to destroy the certain antibiotic (called "imipenem").
Behe's Test 2008
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(CTZ), the carbapenems such as imipenem and meropenem, and to a lesser degree amoxicillin-clavulanate, remain the backbone of current initial or intensive phase melioidosis treatment.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chakrit Sawasdidoln et al. 2010
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The carbapenems, available since the 1970s, which include imipenem and meropenem among others.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Well heck if you/he admit that resistance in question (to imipenem) evolves, then the origin of imipenem resistance is not a failed "test" of standard evolutionary theory and the whole example is pointless except as an observation that strengthens standard evolutionary theory.
Behe's Test 2008
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Behe & fans, however, appear to have misread Hall to say that imipenem resistance couldn't evolve at all, or at least is wildly improbable.
Behe's Test 2008
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The carbapenems, available since the 1970s, which include imipenem and meropenem among others.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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The carbapenems, available since the 1970s, which include imipenem and meropenem among others.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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