Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread0

• From Around the Web, Science & Technology
• June 17, 2017

To win the war against antibiotic resistant super bugs, scientists seek to find the origin of resistance genes. Further, they try to identify how the genes are introduced to disease-causing bacteria — so-called pathogens. Identifying where resistance genes come from and how they spread somewhat compares to finding patient zero in an outbreak, which is not an easy task.