Grayson S. Hamrick
@graysonshamrick.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ Duke BME
Reposted by Grayson S. Hamrick
1/ What's the worst enemy of a plasmid? Another plasmid! Our new study demonstrates synthetic plasmids engineered as "Trojan horses" to eliminate plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance. @dukeubme.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A predatory gene drive for targeted control of self-transmissible plasmids
A biological “denial-of-spread” (DoS) strategy leverages retrotransfer to eliminate target plasmids in microbial communities.
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April 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
1/ What's the worst enemy of a plasmid? Another plasmid! Our new study demonstrates synthetic plasmids engineered as "Trojan horses" to eliminate plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance. @dukeubme.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...