Sentences with phrase «rise of resistance genes»
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With respect to antibiotic resistance, this novelty can be induced and we can trace the novelty to particular mutations arising absent gene transfer; i.e. the genes which give rise the resistance were not present prior to the mutation, they are new sequences and not simply the activation of dormant genes.
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But the rapid rise of bacterial genes for drug resistance stems from more than lucky mutation, Levy adds.
«The rising level of integrons after 1990 in manured soil could indicate that through our efforts to reduce antibiotic resistance, we have unintentionally increased resistance gene exchange and more study is needed on the use of animal manure,» says Prof Graham from Newcastle University.
«Gene drives likely to be foiled by rapid rise of resistance.»
In the current study, researchers tested two different CRISPR gene drive constructs in the model fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to investigate the rise of resistance.
The study, led by Moran Yassour, a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, also found a temporary rise in the number of antibiotic resistance genes when antibiotics were given.