Investigators can now take precautions against diseases starting to emerge, like flu or food-borne bugs and antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
Bacterial Genome Sequencing Offers Latest Tool Against Diseases
By GINA KOLATA, New York Times
Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:03pm
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