(Source: UTS - University of Technology, Sydney) Scientists at UTS are tackling the growing health crisis of antibiotic resistance at its most significant source - the farmyard. In a three-year collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Steven Djordjevic, Professor of Infectious Diseases in the ithree Institute, will lead a team exploring how gut bacteria in pigs respond to antibiotics and probiotics. 'This project will allow us to understand how antibiotic resistance develops and how it moves within complex microbial communities - in other words, to understand the behaviour of gut flora,' says Professor Djordjevic. 'We can't solve this problem unless we understand the...
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