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Though digging through a latrine from the 14th century is not the most glamorous of tasks, scientists have found viruses that contain genes for antibiotic resistance in fossilized human feces from ancient Belgium.The feces are from a time long before antibiotics were used, and the investigators say it provides evidence that the human gut has remained unchanged after centuries.They publish the results of their study in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.But how does one find fecal samples from 700 years ago?

01 Mar, 2014


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Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/273386.php
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