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Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too

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par Chris Wilson, Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford
Reuben Nowell, Lecturer in Animal Evolutionary Biology, University of Stirling
Tim Barraclough, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford

A little-known group of microscopic animals has spent millions of years copying recipes for antibiotics from bacteria and using them to fight infections, we have shown in a new paper. We think this unusual defensive strategy could offer short-cuts in the race to develop antimicrobial treatments.

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