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Francisco. tested on anthrax bacteria, it could also work on infections caused by drug-resistant e. coli or mrsa, a type of staph bacteria resistant to many common antibiotics, often found in hospitals but also community settings like locker rooms, playing fields or schools. >> we're using a protein that is part of the cell's own machinery, so it's hard to understand how it could become resistant to something that it needs. >> reporter: the idea is simple. antibiotics fight against bacteria from the outside. the new technique uses the bacteria's own genes to attack from within. the gene cannot...

States would still have 1.7 million people behind bars and an incarceration rate four times that of many western european nations. mass incarceration can be ended. how do we go about doing this? is this a top-to-bottom change that is needed? >> it is top to bottom, particularly in our sentencing policies. we lead the world because we send more people to prison and we keep them there for longer periods of time. clearly there's much we can do with low-level drug offenders to avert them from prison in the first place. get them into treatment and community settings. people that commit serious crim...