Health
Researchers discover how superbugs pass on their antibiotic resistance – Brisbane Times
The discovery points the way to new methods to stop superbugs and help the 700,000 people who die from infections worldwide annually.
It has previously been assumed that bacteria could share their drug-resistant DNA with other bacteria, spreading the resistance and creating more superbugs.
Researchers from the University of Queensland have now discovered how that process works, which gives them a big clue as to how to stop it.
UQs Professor Mark Schembri (left). Credit:University of Queensland
Professor Mark Schembri said the microbes pass DNA to each other through a small syringe which also copies the DNA strands.
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