The first direct transfer of human DNA to bacteria was recently discovered by researchers in an unlikely source: gonorrhea. Northwestern Medicine researchers discovered that Neisseria gonorrhoeae ...

Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA: First evidence of gene transfer from human host to bacterial pathogen. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 ...

Instead of Humans Contracting Gonorrhea, Gonorrhea Has Contracted (a Bit of) Humanity. By Nitasha Tiku. Feb. 14, 2011. save d. Save this article to read it later.

Northwestern researchers have discovered the first evidence of a fragment of human DNA in a bacterium -- in this case gonorrhea. Research showed the gene transfer appears to be a recent ...

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There are many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that people can get as a result of having oral sex, including gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. Learn about how people can transmit STDs ...

By Duncan Geere, Wired UK Researchers have discovered the first case of a direct transfer of a human DNA fragment to a bacterial genome. The guilty party? Gonorrhea. Scientists have known that ...

Gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to treatment. Find out why this is happening and what it could mean for your health moving forward.

Caution is necessary, however, he notes—there are differences between the immune systems of mice and humans, and we’re not sure what high levels of IL-12 might do to a human genital tract.

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...

Doctors sometimes find gonorrhea bacteria in the human body. Now medical researchers at Northwestern University have found human DNA in the gonorrhea genome. The discovery was detailed Sunday in ...