Microbes by the ton: Officials see weapons threat as North Korea gains biotech expertise

North Korea’s secret work on this biological weapons programs continues says a report in the Washington Post.  

PolyU Reveals High Prevalence of Bacteria that Carry the Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in Human, Food and Environmental Samples

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University recently found bacteria that carries the colistin resistance gene mcr-1commonly exists in human and various types of food and environmental samples collected [...]