Gonorrhoea acquires a piece of human DNA

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

If a human cell and a bacterial cell met at a speed-dating event, they would never be expected to exchange phone numbers, much less genetic material. In more scientific terms, a direct transfer of DNA has never been recorded from humans to bacteria...

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