Soil Could Shed Light on Antibiotic Resistance

Posted on January 21, 2006  Comments (4)

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

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