Scientists in the US are modelling the behaviour of the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague to find alternative ways to target the disease. Using a novel approach called CryptFind, Eivind Almaas and Ali Navid from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found the genes that the bacteria, Yersiniapestis, call upon to survive.rnAlthough the plague is widely considered to be a disease of the past - it has killed 200 million people throughout human history - it still affects thousands of people worldwide. Whilst it can usually be treated using antibiotics, several antibiotic resistant strains have recently been discovered, indicating that new treatments for the plague are needed.
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机译：美国的科学家正在对负责鼠疫的细菌的行为进行建模，以寻找针对该疾病的替代方法。劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室（Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory）的埃文德·阿尔玛斯（Eivind Almaas）和阿里·纳维德（Ali Navid）使用一种名为CryptFind的新颖方法，发现了耶尔森氏菌这种细菌可以存活的基因。在整个人类历史上有2亿人-它仍然影响着全球成千上万人。尽管通常可以使用抗生素进行治疗，但最近发现了几种对抗生素产生抗药性的菌株，这表明需要针对鼠疫的新疗法。
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