Tiny jumping genes fingered as culprit in rise of antibiotic resistance: Activity levels of transposons provide the handle needed for selection to spread antibiotic resistance from wild microbes to human pathogens - Science Daily

Biomedical engineers believe they have discovered the physical mechanism that causes high doses of antibiotics to promote the spread of antibiotic resistance between bacteria. The culprit, they say, is an overabundance of 'jumping genes,' called transposons, …

Biomedical engineers at Duke University believe they have discovered the physical mechanism that causes high doses of antibiotics to promote the spread of antibiotic resistance between bacteria.The c… [+4673 chars]

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