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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Rethinking bacterial persistence: Optofluidics allow for new understanding of resistance to antibiotics

Scientists have used microfluidics to observe the behavior of individual tuberculosis-like bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. Their observations call into question the prevailing theory of bacterial resistance, and they have proposed a new explanation for why some bacteria become resistant.


Rethinking bacterial persistence: Optofluidics allow for new understanding of resistance to antibiotics

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