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'Achilles Heel' of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Has Been Found, Scientists Say (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sensationalised headline.
The finding pertains to an antibiotic resistant strain of B. subtilis with a specific mutation in a gene that encodes a ribosomal subunit.
The finding is that for that specific bacterum, you might be able to fight it by altering your diet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

So the headline would be a lot of better if it had includes an indefinite article.

"An Achilles Heel of..." instead of implying it's the definite article