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Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread
2017-06-16 06:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] To win the war against antibiotic resistant super bugs, scientists seek to find the origin of resistance genes. Further, they try to identify how the genes are introduced to disease-causing bacteria - so-called pathogens. Identifying where resistance genes come from and how they spread somewhat compares to finding patient zero in an outbreak, which is not an easy task. For more than 30 years, scientists have proposed that resistance genes actually originate from the microo…
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals