“It’s essentially a fingerprint that’s able to predict the presence of potential multidrug-resistant bacteria,” said Zac Pursell, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular ...

Kuch and his colleagues collected 194 reptile DNA samples from Nepalese snakebite victims, 21 of whom brought in the dead snake that had bitten them. In all 21 of those cases, Kuch’s DNA test ...

The bacteria are prone to deficiencies in a specific DNA repair pathway ... "It's essentially a fingerprint that's able to predict the presence of potential multidrug-resistant bacteria," said Zac ...