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Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash

Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash
Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash
By Steven SparkmanVideo transcript provided by Newsy.comJust in case you need a startling reminder of how quickly bacteria become superbacteria, scientists working at Harvard University and an Israeli university built a giant petri dish that makes it easy to see the problem.>> Read more trending storiesThe 8-square-foot dish is coated with different levels of antibiotic, ranging from no drugs at all on the edges, to a dose that should be lethal for E. coli, to a very lethal dose, to a ridiculously lethal dose in the center.This time-lapse shows how the E. coli spread to the next level, then different mutations evolve and each strain races to the center.






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Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash

Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash
Watch bacteria become drug resistant in a flash
>> Read more trending storiesThe 8-square-foot dish is coated with different levels of antibiotic, ranging from no drugs at all on the edges, to a dose that should be lethal for E. coli, to a very lethal dose, to a ridiculously lethal dose in the center.Related Hot Right NowThis time-lapse shows how the E. coli spread to the next level, then different mutations evolve and each strain races to the center.The race lasts about 11 days.






by the same token on pressherald

Fourth person diagnosed with bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

Fourth person diagnosed with bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic
Fourth person diagnosed with bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic
NEW YORK — A fourth U.S. person has been diagnosed with bacteria resistant to a last resort antibiotic, but researchers are expressing relief that so far these superbug precursors have not spread to others.The latest case is a 2-year-old Connecticut girl who was diagnosed earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.She and three other Americans have been found to have E. coli bacteria that were resistant to an important medicine called colistin.


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