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WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries. [...]

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

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 [...]

The ongoing MRSA epidemic is a global public health crisis and Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus, MRSA, is rampant in U.S. healthcare facilities and in the community. Read More.  

This is a great mention in the News & Observer speaking about the war against superbugs starting in North Carolina. Trana Discovery supports proper prescribing and use of antibiotics when [...]

This  is the first case reported of a healthy individual who carried a Salmonella sp.bacteria that carried the mcr-1 plasmid.  This variant confers resistance to colistin and reminds us of the [...]

For your blog, bacteria carrying the plasmid that confers resistance to colistin continues to spread.  The CDC has generated a map showing where the mcr-1 gene has been reported in the United [...]

The group of researchers who initially identified the mcr-1 gene in China have followed up with a study of clinical isolates from two provinces finding the gene is spreading across other species [...]

Joint research efforts could lead to new solutions against plant diseases affecting World’s food supply CARY, NC (January 23, 2017) – Trana Discovery, Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA today [...]

The Associated Press is reporting an outbreak of infections due to the superbug Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.  At least seven patients [...]