Articles for tag: antibiotic resistance, bacterial evolution, E. coli, plasmids, precision medicine

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E. coli Evolutionary Map: A Breakthrough in Precision Medicine Against Antibiotic Resistance

April Joy Jovita

Antibiotic resistance poses a growing global health crisis, and researchers are turning to evolutionary biology for solutions. A groundbreaking study has mapped the evolutionary history of Escherichia coli (E. coli), revealing insights that could revolutionize precision medicine and combat antibiotic-resistant infections. The Evolutionary Map Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborating institutions have created ...

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Real-Time Mutation: The Secret Lives of Superbugs Inside the Human Body

Suhail Ahmed

One of the biggest dangers to contemporary medicine is antibiotic resistance; superbugs are changing faster than we can create new medications. However, if we could monitor these bacterial changes in real time and forecast their next direction before they outmaneuver our treatments? Investigating the genetic battlefield between bacteria and antibiotics as it develops inside human ...