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Meet the Microscopic Thieves Fighting Infections With Stolen Genes


Bdelloid rotifers, a type of small freshwater animal, harness stolen bacterial genes to create antibiotics, offering insights into developing safer antimicrobial drugs and addressing growing antibiotic resistance. A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling, an

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