Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too
This diseased rotifer has been taken over and killed by a fungus C. G. Wilson 2024, Author provided
A little-known group of microscopic animals has spent millions of years copying recipes for antibiotics from bacteria and using them to fight infections, we have shown in a new paper. We think this unusual defensive strategy could offer short-cuts in the race to develop antimicrobial treatments.
More than 1.2 million people worldwide are killed by drug-resistant bacteria each year. Antibiotics...
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