Gautam Dantas, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Gautam Dantas, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine

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Gautam Dantas and his colleagues found antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria on the skin and in the mouths and intestines of tribe members who never had been exposed to antibiotic drugs.

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Washington University School of Medicine

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