Organizers hope the information will help scientists do a better job of fighting killer diseases. You could save the world.
Researchers feed the results into a computer and look for trends.
But, because resources are so limited, only a small percentage of the 40,000 testing labs that could participate do participate. Sure, that's probably hyperbole, but you never know. The Black Plague had to start somewhere. On the other hand . . . One obvious problem with the concern about antibiotic resistance is that pharmaceutical companies may be using it as a smoke screen to scare regulators in countries like the United States into approving drugs without proper safety tests.