[adorno]

Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA

Okay, how do researches know that it's the Gonorrhea bacterium doing the "acquiring", and not the human defense mechanism trying to alter the DNA of the bacterium in an attempt to render it helpless or diminish it's damaging qualities?

[SatinDoll]

They don’t know, yet. Give them time to research it.

This may give medical researchers a new chance at a cure for the disease, one not involving antibiotics.

[allmendream]

The human immune system is already pretty amazing.

Shuffling DNA around to come up with a structure that binds to just about every possible 3-D molecular shape? WOW!

Nobody supposes it alters the DNA of a bacteria; but if you have any evidence of it, I am all ears! Meanwhile there are many mechanisms bacteria have to acquire DNA for foreign sources and put them to use.