Sentences with phrase «carrying drug resistance»
However, the efficacy of these two drugs dropped sharply in recent years due to the global distribution of mutant viruses carrying drug resistance.
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They found that the phages from antibiotic - treated mice carried significantly higher numbers of bacterial drug - resistance genes than they would have carried by chance.
That's because gut phage from mice treated with one drug carried high levels of genes that confer resistance to different drugs, which means that the phage could serve as backup when bacteria must find ways to withstand a variety of antibiotics.
use CRISPR - Cas technology to carry out genome - wide screens of gene - gene, gene - drug and cancer - microenvironment interactions in cells and mice in order to explore fundamental biology and to identify drug targets and drug resistance / sensitisation mechanisms.
Ultimately, the goals are to develop cost - effective genetic tools to determine whether a patient is carrying parasites that are drug resistant; to map the emergence of resistance; to understand the mechanisms and routes of spread of resistance; and to plan the most effective strategy to control and eliminate the problem.
The widespread use of antibiotics puts selective pressure on only the hardiest bacteria to survive — which often carry virulence or drug resistance genes.
Mobile DNA can carry genes for virulence and drug resistance, as well as benign genes.
April 3, 2018 • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to control drug - resistant bacteria finds that the percentage of bacteria carrying this resistance is declining.
Simply put, MDR1 is a «multi drug resistance gene» which certain breeds (including those of mixed breed heritage) carry that causes sensitivity to certain drugs.
Residents of China have some of the highest drug resistance rates in the world, with 42 to 83 percent of healthy people carrying in their bowels «bacteria that produce extended - spectrum beta - lactamases, which create reservoirs of potential pathogens that can destroy penicillin and most of its variants.»