Newcastle University Find Antibiotic Resistant Genes In Arctic

Newcastle University researchers have found something disturbing under the soil in the high arctic. The discovery of an antibiotic resistant gene, originally discovered in India 8 years ago, has now travelled over 8,000 miles to a land mostly undisturbed by humans. This gene is commonly associated with super-bugs that are immune to all known antibiotics. The research team say finding it in such a remote area shows the fight against antibiotic resistance needs to be tackled on a global level rather than l