Colorado State University
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Researchers at Colorado State University are investigating the weighty topic of antibiotic resistance — an issue with ramifications for global food safety and public health — by tracking the genetic footprints of drug-resistant bacteria.
They want to determine where infectious organisms originate and how they move through the food system and environment to people. The study, funded with $2.25 million from USDA, is one of the largest of its kind and is enabled by recent advances in DNA sequencing technology.
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