Blocking the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 14:49
in Health & Medicine
It's as simple as A, T, G, C. Northwestern University scientists have exploited the Watson-Crick base pairing of DNA to provide a defensive tool that could be used to fight the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria -- one of the world's most pressing public health problems.
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