Just as New Delhi struggles to keep its reputation from being soiled by the dirty dealings behind the Commonwealth Games, a potentially deadly new gene has been named after the country’s capital.
New Delhi is the first name of a new enzyme that poses threat to global health by turning disease-causing bacteria into “superbugs,” that resist antibiotics.
Research published in Britain’s prestigious medical journal “The Lancet” Wednesday warned that the enzyme, dubbed “New Delhi Metallo 1,” or NDM-1, allows bacteria to be resistant to almost all antibiotics. The superbug can be present inside different bacteria, making them resistant to antibiotics, possibly leaving some patients with no cure as the bacteria lead to multiple organ failure. Read More »