Newscast for August 31, 2012

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:55:03 +0000

Regional news from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

Koster won't file appeal for Carnahan on health ins. exchange ballot language
Akin runs, rides in rural NW Missouri parade
Soil may be a source of antibiotic resistance

Soil may be a source of antibiotic resistance

Véronique LaCapra and VÃ©ronique LaCapra — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:58 +0000

Soil bacteria may be helping to make disease-causing bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

That’s according to a new study out of Washington University.

Lead researcher, microbiologist Gautam Dantas, says he and his colleagues found seven genes in farmland soil bacteria that are identical to genes in human pathogens – and that provide resistance to a wide range of antibiotics.

Dantas says the genes for antibiotic