Scientists chase deadly MRSA bacteria with new models
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, Chicago hospitals were at ground zero when the deadly MRSA bacterium, till then confined to hospitals, learned some new tricks and spilled out into the community. This year, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago are teaming up to develop a unique new computer model to understand how the bacteria spread across Chicago -- and how it might be prevented from spreading further.