
Foreign DNA ‘Sneaks Past’ Bacterial Defenses to Aid in Antibiotic Resistance: Crisis Continues Growing
In a world increasingly bedeviled by antibiotic-resistant infections, a new discovery raises an alarm about the mechanisms that allow bacteria to bypass our best defenses. Researchers have found the important process through which foreign DNA, often carrying antibiotic resistance traits, “sneaks” past bacterial defenses. This breakthrough points out how bacteria can evolve to become resistant…