Pinpointing mutations that cause bacterial antibiotic resistance

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 08:52 in Health & Medicine

Researchers in Japan have developed a new way of testing bacterial resistance to antibiotics, and found three previously unknown resistance mutations in the process. The fact that they detected both known and unknown mutations suggests their approach will be useful for monitoring resistance to antibiotics.

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