Alarming new "superbug" gene found in animals and people in China

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:02 in Biology & Nature

LONDON, (Reuters) - A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said on Wednesday.

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