{"666286":{"#nid":"666286","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"One easy way to fight antibiotic resistance? Good hand hygiene","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECan washing your hands help stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance? Mathematically,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/emph\/eoac038\u0022\u003Eit\u0026rsquo;s possible\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;While bacteria that are more sensitive to the antibiotics are killed off, those that are able to survive will continue to reproduce with less competition. This results in increasing abundance of resistant bacteria that can\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugresistance\/about\/how-resistance-happens.html\u0022\u003Eundermine the effectiveness of the antibiotic\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/kristofer-wollein-waldetoft-1407144\u0022\u003EKristofer Wollein Waldetoft\u003C\/a\u003E is a\u0026nbsp;postdoctoral fellow in infection medicine for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cff.org\u0022\u003ECystic Fibrosis Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E who researches in the lab of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/brownlab.biology.gatech.edu\/advisor-pi\/\u0022\u003ESam Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and member of the\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E. Woldetoft\u0026nbsp;collaborated with Brown and other colleagues to develop a\u0026nbsp;mathematical model of antibiotic resistance evolution to learn\u0026nbsp;the role hygiene plays in that process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-28 20:54:55","changed_gmt":"2023-02-28 20:54:55","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/one-easy-way-to-fight-antibiotic-resistance-good-hand-hygiene-197783","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"176649","name":"Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft"},{"id":"167225","name":"Sam Brown"},{"id":"192003","name":"Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI)"},{"id":"100231","name":"hygiene"},{"id":"174503","name":"antibiotic resistance"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}