Sequencing method precise enough to reveal mechanisms by which bacteria resist antibiotics
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
A new technology can read the order (sequence) of the "letters" making up DNA code with enough accuracy to reveal how bacteria use high-speed evolution to defeat antibiotics. That is the finding of a study led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and published June 22 in the journal Nature.