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Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

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An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Infections caused by a drug-resistant bacteria once considered uncommon are surging in the United States, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds. These so-called "nightmare" ...

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New England BioLabs and Yale University develop a synthetic method to build bacteriophages, offering hope against antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.