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Discovery promising for millions at risk from antibiotic resistance – EurekAlert
There is new hope for approximately 700,000 people who die each year from antibiotic resistant infections, with University of Queensland researchers discovering how bacteria share antibiotic-resistance genes.
UQ’s Professor Mark Schembri said antibiotic re…
IMAGE: Superbugs caught in the act of transferring an antibiotic resistance plasmid through their syringe-like ‘pilus’, labelled with arrows.
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Credit: Professor Mark Schembri
There is new hope for approximately 700,000 people who die each year from antibiotic resistant infections, with University of Queensland researchers discovering how bacteria share antibiotic-resistance genes.
UQ’s Professor Mark Schembri said antibiotic resistant bacteria, in particular emerging ‘superbugs’, …
