Bacterial 'sex' causes antibiotic resistance
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
Some disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics because they have peculiar sex lives, say researchers publishing new results today in the journal Science. The new study helps scientists understand how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, which is a major challenge for those treating infectious diseases, say the authors from Imperial College London.
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