Walmart partnered with IBM and several other food giants, such as McCormick, Unilever, Nestle, Danone, Tyson Foods, and Driscoll’s to implement blockchain system for food safety. In a video Walmart Vice President of Food Safety, Frank Yiannas describes the advantages of Blockchain to the food industry. Blockchain brings more traceability to the industry and helps accelerate and pinpoint recalled products and allow a very quick removal of such products from the shelves. It can also help in eliminating food fraud, considering that more organic food is sold that is produced. @ https://www.ibm.com/events/think/watch/replay/114009303/
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Pathogen Genome Highlights Antibiotic Resistance Threat
To better understand the molecular drivers behind the resistance, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, recently conducted a whole-genome analysis of an unusual bacterial strain cultured from a patient in the United States. An isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae, resistant to all 26 antibiotics available for treatment was used in the study. De Man and his collaborators identified four genes known to confer resistance to beta-lactams. Two of those genes were found on the chromosome, which means they were in the inheritable genetic material of the bacteria. Two were found on plasmids, the other genes identified in the analysis are associated with resistance to fosfomycin, tetracyclines, and other antibiotics. The isolate at the center of the new study belongs to a strain type that has spread around the world. @ https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/pathogen-genome-highlights-antibiotic-resistance-threat
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat. The sequencing of a fatal pathogen from a hospital in Nevada shows how resistance can quickly spread over great distances.
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CDC: ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ with Unusual Resistance to Antibiotics of Last Resort on the Rise
“Nightmare bacteria” were found more than 200 times in the United States last year, more than scientists expected. The problem mostly strikes patients in hospitals and nursing homes who need IVs and other tubes that can get infected. Others in close contact with these patients also harbored the superbugs even though they weren’t sick — causing a risk for further spread of these organisms. There is a constant battle between bugs and drugs, as bacteria develop to resist new and old antibiotics. Two million Americans get infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and 23,000 die, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. @ https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/cdc-drug-resistant-nightmare-bacteria-pose-growing-threat-170215125.html
"Nightmare bacteria" with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see how much of a threat these rare cases are becoming, health officials said Tuesday.