Bacteria use a never-seen trick to avoid antibiotics

It is becoming increasingly concerning that bacteria can withstand
antibiotics. Drug-resistant bacterial illnesses such as MRSA and gonorrhea
have been around for a long time. Still, they are nevertheless responsible
for the deaths of some 1.3 million people annually around the world.

The spread of these superbugs has even been documented in dolphins and
bears.

Gene-stealing microorganisms rapidly spread antibiotic resistance
strategies by transferring them to one another. Several approaches have
been developed to counteract the effectiveness of antibiotics, such as
eliminating the medications entirely, preventing them from building up in
the body and switching the targets of the treatments.