AP/Ebraham Afshinnekoo/PathoMAP Project/Weill Cornell Medical College
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Researchers have mapped out the particles found across the city’s subway system, and they found a range of DNA from mozzarella cheese to the Bubonic plague.
The “PathoMap,” created by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, maps out microbes and pathogens found on hand rails, kiosks, benches, turnstiles and passenger seats. The research team used nylon swabs to collect DNA in 24 subway lines in all five boroughs over a period of 17 months.
Researchers say most of the DNA found across the subway system is harmless, like the cheese DNA, but the study also found some drug-resistant, disease-causing bacteria, including some DNA fragments associated with anthrax and the Bubonic plague.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/PathoMap-Traces-Bacteria-Across-Subway-System-Cheese-Bubonic-Plague-291026181.html
"PathoMap" Traces Subway Bacteria, Finds DNA Linked to Plague, Sauerkraut
Published at 5:16 AM EST on Feb 6, 2015
NBC News New York, NY
The “PathoMap,” created by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, maps out microbes and pathogens found on hand rails, kiosks, benches, turnstiles and passenger seats. The research team used nylon swabs to collect DNA in 24 subway lines in all five boroughs over a period of 17 months.
Researchers say most of the DNA found across the subway system is harmless, like the cheese DNA, but the study also found some drug-resistant, disease-causing bacteria, including some DNA fragments associated with anthrax and the Bubonic plague.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/PathoMap-Traces-Bacteria-Across-Subway-System-Cheese-Bubonic-Plague-291026181.html
"PathoMap" Traces Subway Bacteria, Finds DNA Linked to Plague, Sauerkraut
Published at 5:16 AM EST on Feb 6, 2015
NBC News New York, NY
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