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January 21, 2006

Soil Could Shed Light on Antibiotic Resistance

Soil Could Shed Light on Antibiotic Resistance, Science Friday podcast (7 minutes) from NPR. The podcast is an interview with Gerry Wright, McMaster University, Canada.

“New research points to drug resistance in soil-dwelling bacteria. Scientists say studying bacteria in the soil can help in understanding how the bacteria in humans develop resistance.”

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2 Responses to “Soil Could Shed Light on Antibiotic Resistance”

Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Blog Archive » Entirely New Antibiotic Developed Says:
May 18th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
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April 8th, 2008 at 10:49 am
“Unlike conventional antibiotics routinely administered by injection or pills, the so-called “healing clays” could be applied as rub-on creams or ointments to keep MRSA infections from spreading…”