Plenty of us have no problem snuggling up in bed with our beloved pooches. But now experts are saying that dog owners shouldn’t do this in a bid to stop an untreatable superbug, which is believed to make people resistant to life-saving antibiotics.
The mcr-1 gene is thought to transfer from animals to humans and according to the Daily Record is estimated to have killed 700,000 people a year across the world.
As a result, scientists are now urging people not to sleep with their dogs, reports the Daily Express, who predict the gene could kill 10 million people a year by 2050 if it is left unchecked.
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