ApocaDocs: NDM-1 Superbug Acquired In Canada

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Posted Tue May 31 2011: from Huffington Post:


	NDM-1 Superbug Acquired In Canada http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1306877877 Canadian researchers have identified what appears to be the first domestically acquired case of an NDM-1 superbug. An 86-year-old Ontario man was found to be carrying bacteria resistant to most antibiotics because of NDM-1, or New Delhi metallo-1, an enzyme that alters the DNA of various types of bacteria. NDM-1 is endemic in India and Pakistan and has spread worldwide due to global travel. But the patient, who was admitted to hospital and then a rehabilitation centre after suffering a stroke last October, had not travelled outside southwestern Ontario for the last decade. None of the man's family members or other close contacts were carrying the superbug, nor had any been to parts of the world where NDM-1 is widespread.

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When did E. coli steal our genetic modification technologies??