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biotech-related videos on the web! Scientists recently reported
on using DNA sequencing to help end a MRSA outbreak in a
hospital in the U.K. In this video, the researchers from
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, and
Cambridge University Hospitals discuss how next-generation
genome sequencing can provide clinically relevant data on
bacterial transmission within a timescale that can influence
infection control and patient management. Here, the team
recreated a MRSA outbreak that occurred in a neonatal ward and
analyzed it using genome sequencing as if in real time. To read
about how they used the technology to combat a current outbreak
in real time, click here. The researchers note that current
laboratory techniques often cannot distinguish between MRSA
isolates. Next-generation genome sequencing provides precise
information in a fast turnaround time, and could make a clear
distinction between MRSA isolates in a way that was n