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Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them

  • Written by Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Mississippi State University
imageCurrent methods of identifying resistance mutations in microbes can miss other ways resistance can develop.koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat.

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