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Published online 20 March 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010322-4
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Antibiotic resistance switched off
New genes weaken drug-defying bacteria in the lab.
The search for weapons against intractable bacteria has turned up a new way to turn off antibiotic-resistance genes. A team at Harvard Medical School has restored antibiotic susceptibility to drug-resistant bacteria in the lab by giving them new genes1.
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