Engineered bacteria could help protect “good” gut microbes from antibiotics - MIT News

MIT researchers engineered a strain of bacteria that can help protect the natural flora of the human digestive tract from antibiotics and curb the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the human gut. Following antibiotic treatment, some patients are at risk of developing inflammation or o… [+7779 chars]

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